Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 12:29:17 -0500 From: Jim Ohlstein <jim@ohlste.in> To: Dale Scott <dale@dalescott.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: New FreeBSD-10.0-RC5 install fails when setting administrator password Message-ID: <52D816ED.5030809@ohlste.in> In-Reply-To: <1755792242.15018.1389830899492.JavaMail.mail@webmail18> References: <1755792242.15018.1389830899492.JavaMail.mail@webmail18>
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Hello, On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Dale Scott <dale@dalescott.net> wrote: > Hi, I get "passwd: pam_chauthtok(): error in service module" in the > installer after re-typing the administrator password (after which I'm > prompted to Restart or Exit the installer). > > > > I've used both FreeBSD-10.0-RC5-i386-bootonly.iso and > FreeBSD-10.0-RC5-i386-dvd1.iso, and I'm installing in a virtual machine > using VirtualBox v4.3.6 r91406 on a Win7 T61 ThinkPad. Install > procedure is plain vanilla (next, next, next, ....). > > > > Any suggestions? I just installed (perhaps two days ago) the same guest OS on the same version of VirtualBox without a hitch but with two, or maybe three, differences: First, my host is a MacBook running OS X v10.9.1. I doubt that makes a difference since this seems to be a FreeBSD issue, not a host issue. Second, I used FreeBSD-10.0-RC5-i386-disc1.iso. That may be the difference and I'd consider giving it a try. Third, another point worth mentioning is, since this is my personal, password protected, laptop (not that it's all that hard to break into a Mac), I used an empty password for root on the guest OS. I certainly wouldn't do that for a production server, or for a host OS, but for a guest OS it's not a security issue for me. I only use the OS for testing. My other settings: 2 CPU cores 20GB dynamic ".vdi" hard drive 2GB RAM with 1GB of swap on UFS -- Jim Ohlstein
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