Geoff Swan wrote:
> An interesting problem appeared during an LFS 7.3 build after the build
> and installation of shadow.
> Everything appeared successful, however when trying to set the root
> passwd it fails to prompt for the new passwd.
> It simply shows the lines below (as if a CR was hit) and returns to the
> prompt.
>
> root:/sources# passwd root
> Changing password for root
> Enter the new password (minimum of 5 characters)
> Please use a combination of upper and lower case letters and numbers.
> Bad password: too short.
> Warning: weak password (enter it again to use it anyway).
> passwd: password changed.
> root:/sources#
>
> Any clues to further investigate this would be appreciated.
I think you are in chroot but do not have the virtual file systems
mounted. You need access to /dev (and perhaps /dev/pts) inside chroot
to use the passwd command. See Section 6.2.
Alternatively, I just copy /etc/{passwd,group,shadow,gshadow} from my
host to /mnt/lfs/etc. :)
-- Bruce
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