Hello Mark, I don't have a /etc/passwd file. Thus I can't login. I didn't use the install script. I just installed the rpm's by hand like we did in cdk 1.2. i.e rpm -ivh --ignorearch *.rpm. I didnt want to use the script because I didn't use the cdrom. I had a copy of the cdrom filesystem mounted via AFS. The script seems to think it is only used via a cdrom or mountable media. I figured it would be easier to just install all the rpm's rather than try to patch your script. I already have problems installing both a 405 CDK and 750 CDK on the same machine. I get errors about rpm conflicts with common files. My coworker says mvista has released a patch for this, but I haven't tried using it yet.
I will try to reinstall the passwd package again by hand. However, I don't see how installing the rpm manualy would cause it not to create the /etc/passwd file. I also don't understand why the rpm which creates the files doesnt register with the rpm database that it owns the file. ie. 'rpm -q -f /opt/hardhat/devkit/ppc/7xx/target/etc/passwd' comes up blank. Also, I didnt see anything in the install script which would make a etc/passwd file so it must be as you said below. The file is created via a rpm. I got my hhzone password now. I look forward to seeing what's up there. Thanks to you and the rest of the mvista team for the quick response. I dont consider the issue closed yet, but I do appreciate your help so far. John Mark Hatle <fray at mvista.com>@mvista.com on 11/05/2001 05:44:46 PM Sent by: fray at mvista.com To: John F Davis/Raleigh/IBM at ibmus cc: linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org, support at mvista.com Subject: Re: mvista 2.0 cdk and login username and password John F Davis wrote: > > Hello > > What's the root login password for a newly installed sbs-k2, cdk 2.0, > target login? The final paragraph of the sbs-k2 > installation section (in the pdf) says to login, but doesn't specify a > password for root. There is no root password by default. Normally you type root and you are logged in.. (Security hole? for a desktop/workstation distro yes, but not for an embedded distro!) > I installed the cd and when I try to login to a nfs root mounted partition, > I get a login prompt, but I can't login. > My installation doesn't have a /..../target/etc/passwd file, which leads > me to believe I missed something during > the install. However, I searched the CD for rpm's and none of them > owns/supplies the /.../target/etc/passwd file. > Am I supposed to modify the inittab on the host machine so it boots single > user mode and create the /etc/password > file by hand, modify the inittab for multiuser mode and then reboot? Sounds like the install did not work. (Did you use the installer?) The "base-passwd" package controls the password files. It installs a passwd/group template into (target filesystem) /usr/share/base-passwd and then proceeds to copy them over into /etc/passwd,group. This is done in case you already have an /etc/passwd,group so that it will not be over written, but "upgraded". > Also, when am I going to get a hardhat zone login id? I am sure MVista has > a FAQ which addresses this issue. If you are a paying customer, contact your support representative, and not the linuxppc-embedded list as they have nothing to do with our product. Mark Hatle MontaVista Software, Inc. ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
