Bug#337011: installation-guide: Please document the new ways to preseed root and user passwords

2005-11-19 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 07 November 2005 11:04, Frans Pop wrote: Well, yes. Unless we want to use your text as a first more extensive text in a new appendix. One idea could be is to break up the current example into parts and preseed each part by an introduction. This would also be good for translators as

Bug#337011: installation-guide: Please document the new ways to preseed root and user passwords

2005-11-07 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 03 November 2005 08:59, Christian Perrier wrote: Well, I basically agree. I had this concern while writing the text but I was then a bit lazy and preferred to see this item (which was at the top of my TODO list for a while, thanks to Holger) done. However, correct me if I'm wrong,

Bug#337011: installation-guide: Please document the new ways to preseed root and user passwords

2005-11-03 Thread Christian Perrier
I see you wrote the patch for boot-new/modules/shadow.xml. The only problem I have with that is that this would be the first instance where preseeding is covered in the main text. For the rest preseeding is only introduced in general in 4.7.1 and then only in the appendix. Putting

Bug#337011: installation-guide: Please document the new ways to preseed root and user passwords

2005-11-02 Thread Christian Perrier
Package: installation-guide Severity: normal Tags: patch The attached patch documents the password preseeding, including the new ways to preseed passwords as of shadow 4.0.13-1, which is now in testing. I'm not very used to the writing style of the Installation Guide. This is why I did not

Bug#337011: installation-guide: Please document the new ways to preseed root and user passwords

2005-11-02 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Wednesday 02 November 2005 09:04, Christian Perrier wrote: The attached patch documents the password preseeding, including the new ways to preseed passwords as of shadow 4.0.13-1, which is now in testing. Thanks. I'm not very used to the writing style of the Installation Guide. This

Bug#337011: installation-guide: Please document the new ways to preseed root and user passwords

2005-11-02 Thread Paul Millar
Hi all, On Wednesday 02 Nov 2005 10:30, Holger Levsen wrote: Looked good to me, besides this: Three remarks about the 2nd paragraph: (quoted now for easier reference) +para condition=etch +The passwords can also be preseeded as MD5 emphasishashes/emphasis +by using the

Bug#337011: installation-guide: Please document the new ways to preseed root and user passwords

2005-11-02 Thread Christian Perrier
New patch version, after Holger's remarks. --- en/boot-new/modules/shadow.xml 2005-10-07 21:59:11.339037959 +0200 +++ en/boot-new/modules/shadow-new.xml 2005-11-02 18:26:12.427774809 +0100 @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ a time as possible. /parapara - Any password you create should contain at

Bug#337011: installation-guide: Please document the new ways to preseed root and user passwords

2005-11-02 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 02 November 2005 09:04, Christian Perrier wrote: The attached patch documents the password preseeding, including the new ways to preseed passwords as of shadow 4.0.13-1, which is now in testing. I see you wrote the patch for boot-new/modules/shadow.xml. The only problem I have