Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> (2015-05-08): > Hi Christoph, > > Christoph Egger <christoph@debian.org> (2015-05-08): > > Package: network-console > > Severity: important > > > > Hi! > > > > I have a jessie d-i here (some rc only, but I don't see any relevant > > changes since then) and it seems the password for the networkconsole > > user is cropped after the first space when entering into the d-i > > dialog? > > Could be. From a quick look at debian/network-console.postinst, excerpts: > | while [ ! -f "$AUTHORIZED_KEYS_FILE" ] && [ -z "$PASSWORD" ]; do > | db_input critical $TEMPLATE_ROOT/password || true > | COMPARE_PW='' > | db_input high $TEMPLATE_ROOT/password-again && COMPARE_PW=1 || true > | db_go > | > | db_get $TEMPLATE_ROOT/password > | INST_PW="$RET" > | if [ -z "$INST_PW" ]; then > | db_input critical $TEMPLATE_ROOT/password-empty > | continue > | fi > | db_get $TEMPLATE_ROOT/password-again > | if [ "$COMPARE_PW" ] && [ "$INST_PW" != "$RET" ]; then > | db_input critical $TEMPLATE_ROOT/password-mismatch > | continue > | fi > | PASSWORD=$INST_PW > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > | > | db_set $TEMPLATE_ROOT/password "" > | db_set $TEMPLATE_ROOT/password-again "" > | db_fset $TEMPLATE_ROOT/password seen false > | db_fset $TEMPLATE_ROOT/password-again seen false > | done > > Any chance you could add quotes there and see whether that fixes your issue? Ansgar pointed out on IRC the culprit is probably this instead: echo "installer:$(gen-crypt $PASSWORD):1:0:99999:7:::" >> /etc/shadow Mraw, KiBi.
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