On Fri 13 Jun 2014 at 23:36:41 +0530, Murukesh Mohanan wrote: > That's about the bug report that led to all this: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=298138
The usual complaint, I see. password1 is an insecure password for root to use so we mustn't allow root to log in via ssh. > To date I haven't been able to find documented lists of preseeds > anywhere, except for the standard debian installer values given in You haven't looked hard enough. > Debian's and Ubuntu's example preseed files. I found this preseed option > in forum postings somewhere. Which preseed option? You might not be able to find the forum posting but please would you quote this option so we know what you are talking about? I can categorically state there is no preseed option for permit-root-login in Wheezy, Squeeze or Lenny. > My current method, replacing the entire sshd_config, seems a better > option to me than a scripted change in late_command, given that it's not > the only config file I have to change.. I'll stick to that until/unless > I can get a fix to this. You are replacing the entire sshd_config after installation. Fine; what's the problem? > Are package preseed settings, as opposed to debian-installer ones > documented anywhere? For packages which use debconf the preseed documentation is in the package. The 'dpkg-reconfigure' command can also be a useful guide. As a matter of interest: what does dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server display? > I would have posted to the original bug, but it's archived. > Thanks. I will perhaps open a new bug report or contact them some other > way. Sorry for the trouble. If you wanted to help others a bug report is the way to go. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140613211815.gy17...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
