Locked out of Hurd installation

I cannot find a password that will enable me to log into my new Hurd installation. Installed using crosshurd. Any ideas? Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 phil...@copyleft.

Re: Locked out of Hurd installation

Philip Charles wrote: I cannot find a password that will enable me to log into my new Hurd installation. Installed using crosshurd. Any ideas? I had the same problem and I solved mounting the Hurd Partition on GNU/Linux and changing /etc/shadow (delete all "*" between ":") and /etc/shadow (d

Re: Locked out of Hurd installation

Bruno Minotti, le Mon 21 Sep 2009 17:52:15 +0200, a écrit : > Philip Charles wrote: > >I cannot find a password that will enable me to log into my new Hurd > >installation. Installed using crosshurd. > > > >Any ideas? > I had the same problem and I solved mounting the Hurd Partition on > GNU/Lin

Re: Locked out of Hurd installation

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 06:08:21PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > apparently crosshurd sets x in the passwd field and doesn't build a > shadow file indeed. Well, AFAICT it copies over /usr/share/base-passwd/passwd.master and then runs shadowconfig on. We had trouble with the latter not working

Re: Locked out of Hurd installation

Michael Banck, le Mon 21 Sep 2009 20:59:55 +0200, a écrit : > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 06:08:21PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > apparently crosshurd sets x in the passwd field and doesn't build a > > shadow file indeed. > > Well, AFAICT it copies over /usr/share/base-passwd/passwd.master and

The /usr > . sysmlink

Is the /usr > . symlink still the standard on Debian GNU/Hurd systems? Thanks. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 phil...@copyleft.co.nz - personal.i...@copyleft.co.nz - b