On Sun, 03 Apr 2022 19:56:56 -0400 Noah Sombrero <[email protected]> wrote:
> I understand that debian 11 does not establish a root password during > installation, regardless of what the installer says. To get a root > password, I need to add > rw init=/bin/bash > to the grub start up script or > ro init=/bin/bash > to end of the kernel line Actually, no, you don't. If you are preseeding, set that up in your preseed file. Something like: # Root password, either in clear text # d-i passwd/root-password password r00tme # d-i passwd/root-password-again password r00tme # or encrypted using a crypt(3) hash. #d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password [crypt(3) hash] # d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password $1$0jG8V.wJ$N6Z/DnaCW0TsDCWj0hspi0 d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password $6$SMEblah,blah,blahfZRMXT061 To generate hashes for the encrypted password option: !!! The installation manual recommends using sha512 or sha256 for stronger encryption, so use: printf "r00tme" | xargs mkpasswd -m sha-512 Otherwise, once you have installed, for temporary access to root use sudo -i. Then change the password with passwd. Or, as Greg Wooledge <[email protected]> suggests, do it manually during installation. > > Either way I get an error message saying that the ioctl is not > appropriate for the shell. How can I fix that? -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
