Ken Moffat wrote:
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Nikolai wrote:
I am using the development LFS, and after the installation of the
shadow package, when I run pwconv, the program quits with no error
message and error status of 1. The lock files stay on the /etc
folder, but no shadow file is created. Even when I fake a shadow
file; I can't use user{add,del,mod} or passwd, because they fail.
Passwd shows the line "Changing password for root", but doesn't
prompt for the password.
What can I do to solve this issue?
I've seen something like this on an earlier version of shadow,
although for me 4.0.14 worked ok. The lock file(s) are the problem,
they prevent any attempt to rerun until the current run has finished -
just delete them.
Are you using 4.0.14, as in the current book, or an older version ?
Shadow-4.0.15 has now been released - this should fix the 'su -c'
problem in 4.0.14, so after removing the lock file please try this
newer version - AFAIK the same instructions will work although I
haven't tested the released version, only a snapshot.
Ken
It didn't solve either. I will try to build the 4.0.9 version, since
this is the one the stable book uses. And the pwconv program just create
the locks and then aborts. I can delete them, rerun pwconv and it will
just recreate them and abort again.
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