Hi Jérémy pointed me to this outstanding issue, so I had a look...
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:45 +0200, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 12:42:44AM +0300, Eddy Petrișor wrote: > > > I know that adding another question at high priority might not be a good > > > idea, so an option would be to enable (or ask a confirmation) sudo based > > > installation if the user enters an empty root password during > > > user-setup. > > > > Of course, that under the condition that the text displayed at that point says > > clearly that entering an empty password would lead to such a behaviour. > > That was my intention. :) Sorry for not being totally clear about it. Please find attached a first try at d-i hacking to implement the above :-) Cheers Luk
Index: debian/user-setup-udeb.templates =================================================================== --- debian/user-setup-udeb.templates (revision 57747) +++ debian/user-setup-udeb.templates (working copy) @@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ A good password will contain a mixture of letters, numbers and punctuation and should be changed at regular intervals. . + Choosing an empty root password is not allowed. If you choose an empty + password, then a user account will be created and given the power to + become root using the 'sudo' command. + . Note that you will not be able to see the password as you type it. Template: passwd/root-password-again Index: user-setup-ask =================================================================== --- user-setup-ask (revision 57747) +++ user-setup-ask (working copy) @@ -71,10 +71,7 @@ db_get passwd/root-password ROOT_PW="$RET" if [ -z "$ROOT_PW" ]; then - db_fset user-setup/password-empty seen false - db_input critical user-setup/password-empty - db_fset passwd/root-password seen false - db_fset passwd/root-password-again seen false + db_set passwd/root-login false STATE=1 continue fi
