Re: chroot: login console does not ask root password

From: Sebastiaan (S.Breedveld_at_ewi.tudelft.nl)
Date: 12/29/04

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To: Victor Munoz <vmunoz@macul.ciencias.uchile.cl>

    Hi,

    On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Victor Munoz wrote:

    >
    > Hello. I've been playing with chroot + debootstrap to have some sid
    > environment in my woody machine, following the suggestions in
    >
    > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tips.en.html
    >
    > I got to the point of setting up login for chroot (Sec. 8.6.35.2).
    > tty8 is available now for login, but surprinsingly, I type root, and
    > I am logged in without password. I have created a normal user in the sid
    > environment, and when I try to login as such in tty8, I am asked for the
    > password.
    >
    > To have the login console I added this to /etc/inittab (in woody system),
    >
    > 8:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/chroot /disco/sid /sbin/getty 38400 tty8
    >
    > I haven't found a mention in my web searches of a similar problem. How can I
    > force the system to ask for password if root wants to login?
    >
    Without reading your source on the web, it is likely to assume that no
    password is set yet. You can set it with passwd. Next time you need a
    password.

    Greetz,
    Sebas 

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