+# generating a hashed password:
+# under debian, you can do
+# mkpasswd -m sha-512 -s >/q/root/shadow/standard
+# On arch, best seems to be copy your shadow file to a temp location,
+# then passwd, get out the new pass, then copy the shadow file back.
+if [[ -e $root_pw_f ]]; then
+ sed 's/^/root:/' $root_pw_f | $ROOTCMD chpasswd -e
+ sed 's/^/iank:/' $root_pw_f | $ROOTCMD chpasswd -e
+fi