Re: Unable to set root password with clear text using preseed/early_command
On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 04:52:48PM +0800, Glen Huang wrote:
> On Feb 16, 2022, at 4:38 PM, Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> wrote:
> > Glen Huang <heyhgl@gmail.com> writes:
> > > Thanks to Cyril Brulebois’s tip that I could use DEBCONF_DEBUG
> > > to debug debconf, I found out the seen flag should be set in order
> > > for db_input to pick up the value.
> > >
> > > Case solved, thanks to everyone helped!
> >
> > I was wondering about that, but didn't see my code setting lots of seen
> > flags, so wasn't sure.
> >
> > I now realise that the reason for that is that I generally preseed the
> > things I don't want to be asked, even if I'm going to set them via
> > script, and the act of preseeding them to a place-holder value also sets
> > the seen flag. Then you get to override that in a script without
> > worrying about also setting the seen flag at that point.
> >
>
> Setting a placeholder value is a great idea, it simplifies the
> early_command since the seen flag no longer needs to be set.
>
> Thanks for the tip Philip.
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