Thanks for the tip Christian. preseeding is pretty awesome, and I usually use it, but sometimes you have to do a one-off.
I just realized that I was using the testing installer, not stable. I'm going to rerun the install, and i suspect the step will be optional in stable. > Quoting [email protected] ([email protected]): >> So, I've been a debian user for over a decade, and even worked as a >> debian >> admin several times (although I'm more often employed as a RHEL admin). >> I >> recently discovered that the current debian installer forces the >> creation >> of a local user. This is a nice idea, but is not really appropriate for >> all installations. This step needs to be optional. I'm installing in an >> LDAP environment, where we use network authentication for everything. We >> run a local root account for running fsck, fixing boot and ldap >> problems, >> and everything else is LDAP. We now have to remove the forced local >> account post-install. It's just an annoyance, but this step really >> should >> be optional. >> > > How about using D-I in expert mode or using a preseeded install with > "passwd/make-user=no"? This will do *exactly* what you want. > > What you describe is the default behaviour, that's all. > > The possibility of skipping the normal user creation step is > there.....for over a decade. It was even there when the user-setup > component was a udeb built from the shadow package, so before 2005...:-) > > -- > > >
