[Devel] Vzctl set --userwasswd question

[Dietmar Maurer]

Hi all,

I am trying to set a password with the --userpasswd option, the VPS is not
running:

> vzctl set 777 --userpasswd root:test
Starting VE ...
VE is mounted
VE start in progress...
Stopping VE ...
Unable to stop VE: operation timed out
Configure meminfo: 309371

Looks like vzctl start init (runlevel 2) on that VPS, so we get a timeout.
Output form ps for that VPS:

> ps auxww
USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
root         1  0.3  0.0   1948   640 ?        Ss   11:17   0:00 init [2]
root     18348  0.0  0.0   2760  1436 ?        Ss   11:17   0:00 /bin/sh
/etc/init.d/rc 2
root     18357  0.0  0.0   1632   612 ?        Ss   11:17   0:00
/sbin/syslogd
...

So why does it start init - is that expected behavior, or is something wrong
with my custom template?

The vzctl man page say:

>      --userpasswd user:password
>		...
>            In case VE root is not mounted, it is automatically  mounted,
then
>           all appropriate file changes are applied, then it is unmounted.

vzctl version 3.0.16-5dso1
Linux vz-etch 2.6.18-028stab035.1-ovz-smp #1 SMP Wed Jun 13 22:08:06 CEST
2007 i686 GNU/Linux
OS Debian etch

- Dietmar