Cheers,
I'm pretty new at offering patches, and I'm not well convinced this one fits
the global way user-setup is designed. Please, any comment is welcome.
Another solution would be, I guess, to temporary change the user
debconf/priority to medium, and to revert it to its previous state after the
choice.
--
PEB
diff --git a/user-setup-ask b/user-setup-ask
index 6176930..06e4f56 100755
--- a/user-setup-ask
+++ b/user-setup-ask
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ set_special_users() {
# Main loop starts here. Use a state machine to allow jumping back to
# previous questions.
STATE=0
+USER_RETRY=false
while :; do
case "$STATE" in
0)
@@ -97,7 +98,11 @@ while :; do
# to sudo to root
db_set passwd/make-user true
elif ! is_system_user; then
- db_input medium passwd/make-user || true
+ if [ "$USER_RETRY" = true ]; then
+ db_input critical passwd/make-user || true
+ else
+ db_input medium passwd/make-user || true
+ fi
fi
;;
4)
@@ -135,6 +140,10 @@ while :; do
# Verify the user name, loop with message if bad.
db_get passwd/username
USER="$RET"
+ if test -z $RET; then
+ STATE=3
+ USER_RETRY=true
+ continue
if ! LC_ALL=C expr "$USER" : '[a-z][-a-z0-9]*$' >/dev/null || \
! LC_ALL=C expr length "$USER" '<=' 32 >/dev/null; then
db_fset passwd/username seen false
