Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > Hi! > > In Etch installer, it is quite easy to create system without a root > account enabled (enabled the first user to use sudo instead): to do so, > one just need to "Go back" when asked for a root password. After > selecting user-setup in the main-menu, the user will be offered the > possibility to go without a root account and use sudo instead. > > It is not possible to do the same in current d-i. Previously, main-menu > lowered the priority when backing up until the next menu item succeeds > completely. But this behaviour was changed in version 1.19: > > * Restore previous default priority when selecting a menu item (other > than neverdefault items) immediately after backing up to the main > menu. > > See the archives [1,2] for some insights about this change. > > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2007/03/msg00951.html > [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2007/04/msg00005.html > > IMHO, for a typical laptop installation, a dedicated root account is not > needed and I think using sudo is better. But if such setup requires > expert mode or "Go back/Set debconf priority/Medium/Create accounts/Set > debconf priority", I really think that most users might overlook such > possibility. > > I know that adding another question at high priority might not be a good > idea, so an option would be to enable (or ask a confirmation) sudo based > installation if the user enters an empty root password during > user-setup. Of course, that under the condition that the text displayed at that point says clearly that entering an empty password would lead to such a behaviour. -- Regards, EddyP ============================================= "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein
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