Package: debian-installer Version: i386 bc binary-1 20100201-16:44 netinst Severity: normal
Fresh install from the netinst image, graphical expert install, KDE option. Reproduced this twice: The installer asks for the root password, but does not set it. The installer asks to create a user. User info is provided, including password, but the user is not created. Shadow passwords are enabled. Root login is enabled. Upon booting to a rescue shell, the password field in /etc/shadow is set to 'x' so root is unable to log in. Further examination of /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow indicate that the regular user was not created. When I edited /etc/shadow to remove the 'x' in the password field for root I was able to log into the console without a password (as expected). I was able to set a password for root and create the regular user at UID 1000. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100602081936.2545.84765.report...@lips.goldblatt.net