Re: Request for review change in user-setup template

2009-04-27 Thread Ben Finney
Christian Perrier writes: > The root user should not have an empty password. If you leave this > empty, the root account will be disabled and the system's initial user > account will be given the power to become root using the "sudo" > command. I would s/leave this empty/do not specify a root pa

Re: Request for review change in user-setup template

2009-04-27 Thread Luk Claes
Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Justin B Rye (j...@edlug.org.uk): > >>> The root user should not have an empty password. If you leave this >>> empty, the root account will be disabled and the system's initial user >>> account will be given the power to become root using the "sudo >>> command. >

Re: Request for review change in user-setup template

2009-04-27 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Justin B Rye (j...@edlug.org.uk): > > The root user should not have an empty password. If you leave this > > empty, the root account will be disabled and the system's initial user > > account will be given the power to become root using the "sudo > > command. > > And "the root account wil

Re: Request for review change in user-setup template

2009-04-26 Thread Justin B Rye
Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Justin B Rye (j...@edlug.org.uk): >> Setting an empty root password is not allowed. If you specify an empty >> password, the system's initial user account will be given the power to >> become root using the 'sudo' command[ without a password]. > > That still l

Re: Request for review change in user-setup template

2009-04-26 Thread Justin B Rye
Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Luk Claes (l...@debian.org): >> + Choosing an empty root password is not allowed. If you choose an empty >> + password, then a user account will be created and given the power to >> + become root using the 'sudo' command. > > Hmmm, the templates says that using an

Re: Request for review change in user-setup template

2009-04-26 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Justin B Rye (j...@edlug.org.uk): > Setting an empty root password is not allowed. If you specify an empty > password, the system's initial user account will be given the power to > become root using the 'sudo' command[ without a password]. That still leaves us with "This is not allow

Re: Request for review change in user-setup template

2009-04-26 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Luk Claes (l...@debian.org): > --- debian/user-setup-udeb.templates (revision 57747) > +++ debian/user-setup-udeb.templates (working copy) > @@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ > A good password will contain a mixture of letters, numbers and punctuation > and should be changed at regular intervals. >