[xen-tools] Re: installing centos5

[Steve Kemp]

On Wed Aug 08, 2007 at 20:53:26 +0200, Anton Melser wrote:

> >   yum install -y authconfig
> >   authconfig --enableshadow --update

> Are you sure this works?

  Prior to making that change I couldn't change the root password
 inside the chroot.  After making that change I could.

> I have updated rinse, but it didn't seem to have the desired effect...
> I still get it not asking for a password. Am I missing something?

  I think I misunderstood your problem.   (It helps to be pretty
 specific; I frequently misunderstand if people are not!)

  There are/were two issues:

    1.  When installing a new distribution via rinse, even if
       you specified --passwd flag, you wouldn't be prompted to set the
       root password for new Xen guests.

    2.  If you tried to change the password of your new guest
       it would fail.

   I now guess the first problem is what you meant - whereas
  I was talking about the second.  From a plain install changin
  the password fails by default:

    rinse --distribution=centos5 --arch=amd64 --directory=/tmp/co5

    chroot /tmp/co5
    bash-3.1# passwd  root
Changing password for user root.
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error

  (After running the two commands things work as expected.)

  Your problem is new to me, so I don't have a solution yet I'm
 afraid..


Steve
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