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Bug#658968: marked as done (debian-installer: permits install with out configuring root password)



Your message dated Sun, 25 Aug 2013 01:34:32 +0200
with message-id <201308250135.02500.holger@layer-acht.org>
and subject line dealing with old debian-installer bugs
has caused the Debian Bug report #658968,
regarding debian-installer: permits install with out configuring root password
to be marked as done.

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Package: debian-installer
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i

Debian installer will allow you to complete an install without ever visiting the configure users section and no warning.  This will result in a system installed with no way to log in except booting with init=/bin/sh

I would suggest that there be a warning, and perhaps have NO password for root under this situation rather than root:*: in shadow -- the warning would be particularly nice, as I had begun an install in a location that has slow access and I can not stay at for an extended period of time and enabled the remote-ssh method to continue.  when I resumed, I thought I had already visited the users section but had not.  I found this out after I rebooted, which resulted in the necessity of scheduling another trip to the location simply to set a root password and allow logins to the system.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.4
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash



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reassign 703901 grub-installer
clone 694154 -1
reassign 694154 partman-crypto
reassign -1 release-notes
thanks

Hi,

thank you for submitting bug reports concering debian-installer, much 
appreciated.

I read through all the bugs mentioned here (and I'm sure they were read by 
several people at the time they were submitted) and am closing them now as/if
- they (finally) indicated success and/or
- I know from first hand experience that the functionality is working in 
Wheezy and/or
- they only contained very little information and/or
- they contained user errors and/or
- they have been from a development phase where things were not stable and/or
- they are very old and/or
- they are wishlist but rather special + exotic and not have been acted on for 
years. (See http://blog.liw.fi/posts/wishlist-bugs/ why it's often useful to 
close wishlist bugs.)

If I've closed a bug incorrectly please do reply (it's easy to reopen and I'll 
do if requested) or just file a new one - and that's often better, as the bug 
log will be clearer and shorter and not contain cruft.


cheers,
        Holger

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