> Stephen Gran wrote: > > The major problem with changes like this is that adding something to > > adduser means adding something to debian-installer. I know they are > > unhappy about adding new debconf questions, even low priority, during > > the install. Since there are better ways to do this (you can ship hooks > > in a custom d-i image, I believe), I am inclined not to do this. > > > > Take care, > > Thats fair enough, I wasn't aware of the impact on d-i, I thought d-i > would invoke the adduser package. I'll look into the custom hooks.
Well, that debconf question could also have been "for internal use only", making it preseedable. That wouldn't interfere with d-i in such case and would even not need more translation. Geoff, please also note that the *first* created user UID *is* preseedable by using passwd/user-uid. That may help you in solving some issues with automated installs maybe.
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