[pkg-fso-maint] install.sh and chpasswd error: No password supplied

[Luca Capello]

Hi Joachim!

On Wed, 27 May 2009 13:27:25 +0200, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> We could also try to copy the password from the system we are
> installing from, or prompt the use for a password during installation
> (which is likely to be done via SSH),

This will break automatic installation, e.g. test ones I perform every
now and then with `./install.sh >output.log 2>&1`.

> or set an empty password directly with sed.

If we really want an empty password, the best option would be to use
Oleg's suggestion at:

  http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-fso-maint/2009-May/001201.html

IIRC there is no option to avoid setting an empty password during a
normal Debian installation, for both the root and the first normal user
accounts.  This is why I am in favor of stopping allowing that on the
Openmoko as well.

If we decide to go on this road, a more complex option would be to
provide a new user variable, $ROOT_PASSWORD, defaulting to whatever we
want.  I just have finished to test a local patch that implements this
with changeme as default ;-)

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca
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