From 3732cf72d6f05fcd9d9f301eac84c1a61443e379 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: juyin <zhuyan34@huawei.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:48:52 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] chpasswd: fix function problem with -R parameter

Generating salt value depends on /dev/urandom. But after the
function process_root_flag changed the root directory, It does
not exist.

So, generate salt value before changeing the directory.

Fixes: #514
---
 src/chpasswd.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/chpasswd.c b/src/chpasswd.c
index 94e923ab..d0da14c6 100644
--- a/src/chpasswd.c
+++ b/src/chpasswd.c
@@ -451,10 +451,11 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 	(void) bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
 	(void) textdomain (PACKAGE);
 
-	process_root_flag ("-R", argc, argv);
-
 	process_flags (argc, argv);
 
+	salt = get_salt();
+	process_root_flag ("-R", argc, argv);
+
 #ifdef USE_PAM
 	if (md5flg || eflg || cflg) {
 		use_pam = false;
@@ -545,7 +546,6 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 		const struct passwd *pw;
 		struct passwd newpw;
 
-		salt = get_salt();
 		if (salt) {
 			cp = pw_encrypt (newpwd, salt);
 			if (NULL == cp) {