package: debian-installer severity: wishlist Hi,
I 'd like to see a vlock.udeb, so one can lock the console, which is useful
for locking the machine when the data on a big harddrive is erased for
encrypted lvm, which can take several hours.
Frans replied:
On Montag, 11. Januar 2010, Frans Pop wrote:
> Main issue is that we don't have a password for the root (?) account in the
> installer environment. And IMO users should not be asked to provide one
> *unless* they actually want to lock the console.
>
> The only acceptable implementation IMO would be to have it as an _optional_
> component (i.e. only loaded if explicitly requested by the user during
> anna [1]), with a postinst that then takes care of setting the password.
> The existing network-console udeb could provide inspiration.
>
> Also, the udeb would have to be very minimal: no deps on pam, adduser.
>
> [1] Which means installing at mediumlow priority, or booting with
> 'modules?=vlock-udeb'.
I'll clone this bug and reassign to vlock, requesting such a udeb and then
make the vlock bug a blocker on this one.
cheers,
Holger
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