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Thanks very much. |
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I'm in. |
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I did have to go back and rerun passwd. |
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Peter |
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Drake Donahue wrote: |
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> the "password failed" events were pursuant to handbook section 8.c. ? |
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> try: |
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> login root |
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> password whatever you were trying to enter and reenter when you saw |
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> "password failed" |
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> that failing try just hitting return key at password prompt |
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> all failing boot cd, mount partitions at /mnt/gentoo /mnt/gentoo/boot |
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> cd /mnt/gentoo |
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> (section 6) |
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> mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc |
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> chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash |
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> env-update |
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> source /etc/profile |
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> (section 8.c Code Listing 22: Setting the root password) |
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> passwd |
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> {enter a password when prompted, preferably about 8 characters |
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> including letters, numbers, and punctuation so it does not complain |
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> about being too easy} |
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> {reenter password when prompted} |
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> [if you get failed, type passwd again and retry] |
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> If you want root to be able to log on through the serial console, add |
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> tts/0 to /etc/securetty: |
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> Code Listing 23: Adding tts/0 to /etc/securetty |
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> # echo "tts/0" >> /etc/securetty |
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