On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:50:59PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Package: debian-installer > Severity: wishlist > > On some system that I preseed-install, I don't want any root password > set nor do I want a normal user account. I get access to the system via > SSH, using a public-key that I populate using a late_command.
So you want a system that you can not fix if it needs to prompt for a root password to manually run fsck? There are after all a few times where being able to login as root directly on the console is required. Not allowing ssh with a pasword as root is a good diea (and the default these days), but that does not mean you don't still need a root password. > I have tried the following combination: > > d-i passwd/root-login boolean false > d-i passwd/make-user boolean false > > However, it still asks me for a normal user account name. So I reckon > that what I want is simply not support, hence this wishlist report. > > Is there any reason why this is a bad idea? So the answer to that is obviously yes then. -- Len Sorensen
