Package: debian-installer Version: debian-installer Severity: normal Hi there,
I needed to install a system without shadow passwords to test another bug. I installed a couple of times, using both stable and testing installers in expert mode each time. Every time I selected to NOT use shadow passwords, to allow login as root, and to not create any other users. I typed in a root password as normal, and the installation proceeded as I expected. However, when I came to boot the machine, I received 'Login incorrect' at the console. After I booted into rescue mode, I received the message "sulogin: root account is locked". Entering /etc/passwd, there was no hash value for the root account. After I set a password for root using 'passwd root' in recovery mode, I was able to log in without any problem. Both stable (wheezy) and recent testing installers showed the same behaviour. I have never seen an issue like this on the same system when installing with shadow passwords enabled. Cheers, Dave -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.10-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org