On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 02:27:41PM +0200, Tom wrote: > When trying to preseed a password with simple-cdd, eg > passwd/root-password-crypted, > simple-cdd fails with the following error message: > > debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open > /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied > error: Cannot find a question for passwd/root-password-crypted > > because the question for the existing template is in the inaccessible > passwords.dat
simple-cdd uses "debconf-set-selections --checkonly" to check the preseed files, but as you've noticed, debconf questions in passwords.dat cannot be checked by non-root users. to work around this, i'd recommend using --force-preseed, and just make sure the syntax of your preseeding files is valid. alternately you could run as root, but that's discouraged and would require the --force-root option. live well, vagrant -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
