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| -rwxr-xr-x | bin/debvm-create | 5 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | share/customize-delete-rootpw.sh | 20 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bin/debvm-create b/bin/debvm-create index 9ab2472..0d89ad4 100755 --- a/bin/debvm-create +++ b/bin/debvm-create @@ -356,10 +356,7 @@ set -- \ "$@" # allow password-less root login -# In future, we should use passwd --prefix "$1" --delete root here, but the -# --prefix option was added in trixie and the --root option uses chroot() and -# attempts to load shared libraries from a potentially foreign chroot. -set -- '--customize-hook=sed -i -e "s/^root:[*]:/root::/" "$1/etc/shadow"' "$@" +set -- "--customize-hook=$SHARE_DIR/customize-delete-rootpw.sh" "$@" if test "$INITSYSTEM" = systemd && ! check_skip systemdnetwork; then # dhcp on all network interfaces, and add a dns resolver diff --git a/share/customize-delete-rootpw.sh b/share/customize-delete-rootpw.sh new file mode 100755 index 0000000..6a8a346 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/customize-delete-rootpw.sh @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# Copyright 2025 Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT +# +# This is a mmdebstrap customize hook that deletes the password for the root +# account effectively enabling login without being asked for a password. + +set -eu + +TARGET=$1 + +# In future, we should use passwd --prefix "$1" --delete root here, but the +# --prefix option was added in trixie and the --root option uses chroot() and +# attempts to load shared libraries from a potentially foreign chroot. + +PWFILE=passwd +if grep -q '^root:x:' "$TARGET/etc/passwd"; then + PWFILE=shadow +fi +sed -i -e "s/^root:[^:]*:/root::/" "$TARGET/etc/$PWFILE" |