Re: preseed root password with !
> I would like to have the root password set to "!" in order to disable
> it. For that I found the following documentation in the Debian
> installation guide:
>
> "The passwd/root-password-crypted and passwd/user-password-crypted
> variables can also be preseeded with “!” as their value. In that case,
> the corresponding account is disabled."
>
> Reference:
>
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apbs04.html.en#preseed-
> account
>
> So I added the following config parameter in my preseed file:
>
> d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password "!"
>
> It works but the funny thing is that in /etc/shadow it exactly gets
> added with the double quotes as such:
>
> root:"!":15902:0:99999:7:::
>
> I would like it just to have ! without the quotes so I tried the
> following in my preseed file:
>
> d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password !
>
> With that parameter it does not work, the debian installer stops and
> asks me for a root password...
d-i passwd/root-login boolean false
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