Bug#907910: debian-installer: Not possible to reset root password
On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 08:42:55PM +0200, Tuxicoman wrote: >1/ You're right. I retried an install today and confirm its explained >that an empty root password means that the first user will be in the >sudoers. That's fine. Yup. >2/ Yes, it would great to be able to redo this part of the install and >set the root password again. So this bug entry is still valid for this >part. Agreed. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Further comment on how I feel about IBM will appear once I've worked out whether they're being malicious or incompetent. Capital letters are forecast." Matthew Garrett, http://www.livejournal.com/users/mjg59/30675.html
Bug#907910: debian-installer: Not possible to reset root password
1/ You're right. I retried an install today and confirm its explained that an empty root password means that the first user will be in the sudoers. That's fine. 2/ Yes, it would great to be able to redo this part of the install and set the root password again. So this bug entry is still valid for this part.
Bug#907910: debian-installer: Not possible to reset root password
> > > It's been mentioned in the UI for a very long time. See > > > https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/user-setup/blob/master/debian/po/templates.pot#L67 > > for the exact message. > Oh! you are right! So I directly ignore the messages! So, we could close this bug? What about the possibility to revert the "root disable"? -- Arias Emmanuel http://eamanu.com Github/Gitlab; @eamanu Debian: @eamanu-guest
Bug#907910: debian-installer: Not possible to reset root password
On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 12:48:48AM +0200, Tuxicoman wrote: >Package: debian-installer >Severity: normal > >Dear Maintainer, > >I tested Debian testing installer the 4 september 2018 > >At one step, the installer asks for setting the root password. >I pressed Enter, without entering any password, and the installer went to the >next step (creating user accounts) > >I tried to fix this by restarting at a previous step (network configuration) >but the root password step doesn't show anymore. It jumps to user account >creation step directly after network configuration. > >Bugs are : >- maybe empty root password should not be allowed That's a deliberate choice - see later. >- the root password setting step should be replayable But this is clearly a bug, yes. The code in user-setup-ask has a state machine that doesn't cope with this. :-( -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com You raise the blade, you make the change... You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane...
Bug#907910: debian-installer: Not possible to reset root password
On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 09:03:09PM -0300, eamanu15 wrote: > >Hello! > > >If the root password is unset/blank, root is disabled and the first >user is added to sudoers. Perhaps this should be made explicit in the >installer? > >I think that it will be a great idea, put a message that say: "if the root >password is unset, root is ... ". I am using (and installing) Debian from some >years ago, and this is new for me. =O It's been mentioned in the UI for a very long time. See https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/user-setup/blob/master/debian/po/templates.pot#L67 for the exact message. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back
Bug#907910: debian-installer: Not possible to reset root password
Hello! If the root password is unset/blank, root is disabled and the first > user is added to sudoers. Perhaps this should be made explicit in the > installer? > I think that it will be a great idea, put a message that say: "if the root password is unset, root is ... ". I am using (and installing) Debian from some years ago, and this is new for me. =O That is my opinion. Regards! Emmanuel
Bug#907910: debian-installer: Not possible to reset root password
On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 12:48:48AM +0200, Tuxicoman wrote: > Package: debian-installer > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > I tested Debian testing installer the 4 september 2018 > > At one step, the installer asks for setting the root password. > I pressed Enter, without entering any password, and the installer went to the > next step (creating user accounts) > > I tried to fix this by restarting at a previous step (network configuration) > but the root password step doesn't show anymore. It jumps to user account > creation step directly after network configuration. > > Bugs are : > - maybe empty root password should not be allowed > - the root password setting step should be replayable If the root password is unset/blank, root is disabled and the first user is added to sudoers. Perhaps this should be made explicit in the installer? Cheers, Nicholas signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#907910: debian-installer: Not possible to reset root password
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, I tested Debian testing installer the 4 september 2018 At one step, the installer asks for setting the root password. I pressed Enter, without entering any password, and the installer went to the next step (creating user accounts) I tried to fix this by restarting at a previous step (network configuration) but the root password step doesn't show anymore. It jumps to user account creation step directly after network configuration. Bugs are : - maybe empty root password should not be allowed - the root password setting step should be replayable -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.17.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_BE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_BE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_BE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled
