Package: xen-tools
Version: 4.4-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
xen-create-image has this option:
--password=passphrase
Set the root password for the new guest.
and it also has this option:
--genpass=1 Generate a random root password (default, set to 0 to turn off)
Well. I tried using --password alone and it didn't work.
Apparently I have to use both options:
--password=mypassword --genpass=0
which IMHO is counter-intuitive: If I explicitly set the password it
should be already clear that I don't have one to be generated at
random.
So, I suggest that using --password should be enough.
I don't speak perl, but maybe something like this:
diff --git a/xen-tools-4.4/bin/xen-create-image
b/xen-tools-4.4/bin/xen-create-image
index c52a37a..cf7ded6 100755
--- a/xen-tools-4.4/bin/xen-create-image
+++ b/xen-tools-4.4/bin/xen-create-image
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ and EVMS EXAMPLE.
--password=passphrase
Set the root password for the new guest.
+ Note: This overrides --genpass
--(no)passwd (Don't) ask for a root password interactively during
setup. NOTE: This overrides --genpass --password.
@@ -3975,7 +3976,7 @@ sub setupRootPassword
#
# Generate a password, salt and use that to generating a hash
#
- if ( $CONFIG{ 'genpass' } )
+ if ( $CONFIG{ 'genpass' } and !defined( $CONFIG{ 'password' } ) )
{
$PASSWORD = generatePassword( $CONFIG{ 'genpass_len' } );
}
Thanks.
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