Public bug reported:
The following preseed values cannot be used together:
d-i preseed user-password-crypted password
d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean true option
I've tested deploying 14.04 and 16.04 using preseed and pxeboot.
If I configure a new user account to be created with a plain-text
password the installation completes properly.
If I configure a new user account to be created with an encrypted
password the installation screen either hangs if I also have set 'user-
setup-udeb passwd/make-user boolean false' or if set 'user-setup-udeb
passwd/make-user boolean true' then I'm prompted with 'You entered an
empty password, which is not allowed. Please choose a non-empty
password.'.
I've also attempted adding 'd-i user-setup/allow-password-empty boolean
true' as I thought maybe preseed was stuck because I had not defined a
plain-text password, but the install screen just hangs with this option
included, and won't prompt for a password at all
Relevant settings:
d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean true
d-i passwd passwd/make-user boolean true
d-i user-setup-udeb passwd/make-user boolean true
d-i passwd/user-fullname string Steve D
d-i passwd/username string steved
d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password
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I'm using The Foreman to orchestrate deployments, and I thought perhaps
the user-password-crypted value wasn't being received by the client, but
I also checked /var/lib/preseed/log on the client and the correct value
exists.
I'll also mention I've tried sha-512 hashed passwords as well as the
sha-256 hash shown above with the same result.
Client syslog does not generate any errors.
Lastly, I mention 'hang' a few times but this is in relation to the
installer screen. At no time is the client system unresponsive. I can
get another tty, check logs, etc.
** Affects: preseed (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
preseed user-password-crypted password cannot be used with d-i user-
setup/encrypt-home boolean true option
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