On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 12:48:48AM +0200, Tuxicoman wrote: > Package: debian-installer > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > I tested Debian testing installer the 4 september 2018 > > At one step, the installer asks for setting the root password. > I pressed Enter, without entering any password, and the installer went to the > next step (creating user accounts) > > I tried to fix this by restarting at a previous step (network configuration) > but the root password step doesn't show anymore. It jumps to user account > creation step directly after network configuration. > > Bugs are : > - maybe empty root password should not be allowed > - the root password setting step should be replayable
If the root password is unset/blank, root is disabled and the first user is added to sudoers. Perhaps this should be made explicit in the installer? Cheers, Nicholas
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