Bug#799976: wish: support passwd/root-login=false AND passwd/make-user=false

[Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>]

On Fri Sep 25 09:35:38 2015 Christian PERRIER <bubulle@debian.org> wrote:
> reassign 799976 user-setup
> thanks
> 
> Quoting Simon Josefsson (simon@josefsson.org):
> > Package: debian-installer
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > On some system that I preseed-install, I don't want any root password
> > set nor do I want a normal user account.   I get access to the system
> > via SSH, using a public-key that I populate using a late_command.
> > 
> > I have tried the following combination:
> > 
> > d-i passwd/root-login boolean false
> > d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
> > 
> > However, it still asks me for a normal user account name.   So I reckon
> > that what I want is simply not support, hence this wishlist report.
> > 
> > Is there any reason why this is a bad idea?
> > 
> > /Simon
> 
> It's quite some time since I spent time on user-setup, but it could be
> because both options are mutually exclusive : if root login is
> refused, then a sudoer has to be setup.
> 
> But that has to be checked...

That is how I remember the code.

I should be able to take a look at it later.

Cheers, Phil.
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