David.Comay at Sun.COM wrote: >> What's the problem with having an installer option such as "advanced" >> somewhere in the user setup section that would allow a user to choose >> what the default environment will be >> >> What I'm getting at is a radio button which would set the defaults >> between GNU, Legacy and Standards-Compliant, the first of which would >> be what indiana ships with now ( /usr/gnu in the path ), the second >> would have /usr/bin at the head of the path, the third would have /usr/ >> xpg4 and so on at the head. Precise details are unimportant right now, >> but as a general idea, would something like this be acceptable ? > > Another option might be (specifically with respect to the "create the > default user" screen) to include an "More options" button on the > screen. When that's selected, a set of secondary options pop up > including perhaps the default shell selection, what sort of envirorment > to choose, the specific UID, etc. But by default the screen would be > the streamlined one, the same or similar to what we see today except > for the addition of that single new button. >
I am not in favor of such a path in the installer. We have a tool for doing user management already, and re-creating it in the installer is unnecessary, since each of the settings can be easily changed after installation. The purpose of installation is to create a system that works and can be customized once working. Besides which, you already have the equivalent path available, though you don't perhaps realize it. Just run the user management tool from the CD before running the installer, use all the options it provides to create whatever user account you want, and it'll be copied into the installed system. We haven't committed to this behavior yet since we're still experimenting with the installation implementation choices, but I'd be much more likely to agree to do that than to create an all-encompassing user manager inside the installer. Dave
