Bug#823660: initscripts: Restore locked root account access by using sulogin --force

2018-11-15 Thread Benda Xu
Hi Andreas, Andreas Henriksson writes: > On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 05:47:03PM +0800, Benda Xu wrote: > [...] >> I think it a common Debian practice to set root passwords. Disabling >> root login and put everything on `sudo` feels very Ubuntu. > > The debian-installer supports both things out of

Bug#823660: initscripts: Restore locked root account access by using sulogin --force

2018-11-15 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2018-11-15 at 14:42 +0100, Andreas Henriksson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 01:07:20PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: > > Would it make sense for d-i to take responsibility for adding the ` > > --force` when setting up in `sudo`-only mode (i.e. when locking the > > root account)? > > Yes (a

Bug#823660: initscripts: Restore locked root account access by using sulogin --force

2018-11-15 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2018-11-15 at 13:35 +0100, Andreas Henriksson wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 05:47:03PM +0800, Benda Xu wrote: > [...] > > I think it a common Debian practice to set root > > passwords. Disabling > > root login and put everything on `sudo` feels very Ubuntu. > > The debian-

Bug#823660: initscripts: Restore locked root account access by using sulogin --force

2018-11-15 Thread Andreas Henriksson
On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 01:07:20PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: > Would it make sense for d-i to take responsibility for adding the ` > --force` when setting up in `sudo`-only mode (i.e. when locking the > root account)? Yes (and no?), but it might become "complicated" to actually implement that sin

Bug#823660: initscripts: Restore locked root account access by using sulogin --force

2018-11-15 Thread Andreas Henriksson
Hello, On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 05:47:03PM +0800, Benda Xu wrote: [...] > I think it a common Debian practice to set root passwords. Disabling > root login and put everything on `sudo` feels very Ubuntu. The debian-installer supports both things out of the box equally. (Although very few people

Bug#823660: initscripts: Restore locked root account access by using sulogin --force

2018-11-15 Thread Benda Xu
Greetings Mr. Andreas Henriksson, Andreas Henriksson writes: > I'll comment in more detail below, but in general I have to start out by > saying I think you've misunderstood this gravely. You should probably > try to clear your mind and start over on trying to understand this. Thanks. > [...]

Bug#823660: initscripts: Restore locked root account access by using sulogin --force

2018-11-15 Thread Andreas Henriksson
Hello Benda Xu, I'll comment in more detail below, but in general I have to start out by saying I think you've misunderstood this gravely. You should probably try to clear your mind and start over on trying to understand this. I'd also like to take the opportunity to fwiw object to the changing o

Bug#823660: initscripts: Restore locked root account access by using sulogin --force

2018-11-14 Thread Benda Xu
Hi Andreas, Dmitry Bogatov writes: > [2016-05-07 11:12] Andreas Henriksson >> [...] >> The initscripts package (src:sysvinit) needs equivalent changes to >> restore the old status quo (and thus ignoring potential kiosk mode usecase >> problems -- kiosk mode users should alter their init scripts

Bug#823660: initscripts: Restore locked root account access by using sulogin --force

2018-11-11 Thread Dmitry Bogatov
[2016-05-07 11:12] Andreas Henriksson > [...] > The initscripts package (src:sysvinit) needs equivalent changes to > restore the old status quo (and thus ignoring potential kiosk mode usecase > problems -- kiosk mode users should alter their init scripts and remove > the --force flag to be secur

Bug#823660: initscripts: Restore locked root account access by using sulogin --force

2016-05-07 Thread Andreas Henriksson
Package: initscripts Version: 2.88dsf-59.3 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, Since sysvinit-utils/util-linux package versions shipped in Debian Stretch the sulogin program is now provided by util-linux (replacing previously supplied sulogin implementation from sysvinit-utils). The Debian sysv