Bug#501849: Please permit installation with an empty user password

[Emmet Hikory <persia@ubuntu.com>]

Otavio Salvador wrote:
> Except by a newline before the new comments your patch looks right.

    Thanks for the review.  I've attached an updated patch, also against
r56349 that includes the newline.

-- 
Emmet HIKORY

Index: debian/user-setup-udeb.templates
===================================================================
--- debian/user-setup-udeb.templates	(revision 56349)
+++ debian/user-setup-udeb.templates	(working copy)
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
 Default: audio cdrom dialout floppy video plugdev netdev powerdev
 Description: for internal use only
 
+# Allow preseeding whether to permit a blank password for created non-root user
+Template: passwd/allow-password-empty
+Type: boolean
+Default: false
+Description: for internal use only
+
 Template: passwd/root-login
 Type: boolean
 Default: true
Index: user-setup-ask
===================================================================
--- user-setup-ask	(revision 56349)
+++ user-setup-ask	(working copy)
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 			db_get passwd/user-password-crypted || true
 			if ! test "$RET" ; then
 				# Compare the two passwords, loop with message if not
-				# identical, or if empty.
+				# identical
 				db_get passwd/user-password
 				USER_PW="$RET"
 				db_get passwd/user-password-again
@@ -183,7 +183,11 @@
 					STATE=6
 					continue
 				fi
-				if [ -z "$USER_PW" ]; then
+
+				# Loop if the password is empty, and it's not
+				# specifically allowed by preseeding
+				db_get passwd/allow-password-empty
+				if [ "$RET" = false ] && [ -z "$USER_PW" ]; then
 					db_set passwd/user-password ""
 					db_set passwd/user-password-again ""
 					db_fset user-setup/password-empty seen false