Bug#907910: debian-installer: Not possible to reset root password

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 09:03:09PM -0300, eamanu15 wrote:
>
>Hello!
>
>
>    If the root password is unset/blank, root is disabled and the first
>    user is added to sudoers.  Perhaps this should be made explicit in the
>    installer?
>
>I think that it will be a great idea, put a message that say: "if the root
>password is unset, root is ... ". I am using (and installing) Debian from some
>years ago, and this is new for me. =O

It's been mentioned in the UI for a very long time. See

https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/user-setup/blob/master/debian/po/templates.pot#L67 

for the exact message.

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