cannot login as root in install CD
Bug #339062 reported by
anilg
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Nexenta Operating System |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
This issue will only be faced by those who drop out of screen for some reason during the install, and are presented with the login prompt.
'root' and empty password does not work.
Original /etc/shadow on CD has:
root::14309:::::: <-login does not work
I changed to
root:NP:14309:::::: <-login still does not work
Also
root:*NP*
The root line in /etc/passwd is
root:x:
Any ideas on why login fails?
One workaround is to replace NP with a known hash for no password.
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This is not faced after the install, since entering an empty password during the install generates the hash for empty password and adds it to /etc/shadow.