No root password on install clients, problem with installing kernel, fai-chboot problems

[Thomas Lange]

>>>>> On 05 Feb 2004 09:28:53 +0000, Daniel Hamilton <Daniel.Hamilton at brunel.ac.uk> said:

    > PROBLEM 1:

    > E: Couldn't find package kernel-image-...i386.deb
    > kernelversion=2.4.18
    > addpackages="kernel-image-2.4.18...i386.deb"
Since fai 2.4 addpackges needs only the pacakge name without revision
and .deb. Try addpackages="kernel-image-2.4.18-386" for example.

    > PROBLEM 2:

    > There is no root password for the install clients!! This means that
    > post-install (and post reboot) I can just type root at the login prompt
    > and not be asked for a password. Additionally I cannot su if I am logged
    > in as another user as this keeps prompting me for a password for root!
    > This problem also makes remote access for root impossible.

    > I've used the bit of fai.conf as below:

    > FAI_ROOTPW='56hNVqht51tzc' 
FAI_ROOTPW='56hNVqht51tzc' sets the password for the root account
DURING the installation. To set the root password for the new system
use rootpw in a class/*.var file. It documented in DEFAULT.var and
also fai.conf says that FAI_ROOTPW is the root pw during installation.

    > .... by the way how do you generate your own encrypted password??
Install the package makepasswd and read the manuals of makepasswd.


    > PROBLEM 3:

First try to solve the others problems. MAybe this problem will
dissapear. What about an update to fai 2.5.3?

-- 
regards Thomas