On 23/05/2013 10:12 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> 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
>
Absolutely right Bruce, thanks for picking that up. I turned on the dev
server this morning and entered the chroot but forgot to mount the
virtual file systems as well.
- Geoff
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