Ethan Quach wrote: > > > Sarah Jelinek wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I tried an AI install in which I set a user name, but no corresponding >> password for that user in my ai sc manifest. It installed and all and >> rebooted fine. I wasn't able to log in with that user, with the >> graphical console anyway, with this combination(user, no password >> set). Is this supposed to be an allowable combination? > > I'm guessing you weren't able to login as root in this case either? > > I'm thinking we shouldn't create a user at all if a username was > provided with no userpass. (with the adequate message in the log)
Forgive me for creating a hypothetical situation, but I could see someone wanting to create a user with no password, but with a preinstalled ssh key for authorisation as the only way to login to the system. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
