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Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently

From Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.maint.boot
Subject Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently
Date 2024-03-06 08:40 +0100
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Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> writes:

> Philip Hands wrote:
>> Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> writes:
...
>> 
>> The reason behind that structure was supposed to be that one definitely
>> needs _a_ password, but not necessarily a root password, so the password
>> advice applies to whichever password you'll decide to grant root access
>> to, which might not be set here.
>
> This template is specifically about the "Root password/passphrase";

Well, sort-of, except that the user's response (whether to leave this
blank or not) modifies what happens with the user account's permissions,
so it's also about explaining the way that logic works in the installer
and what that will do to the target system.

> probably I should have quoted the patch I was looking at, which starts
> with "One needs a password/passphrase that grants access to the 'root'
> (system administrative) account" but goes on to say "Alternatively,
> you can lock root's password by leaving this setting empty".

I'm intimately familiar with the patches you're reading, so I feel like
this comment suggests that we may be talking past one another somehow.

Cheers, Phil.
-- 
Philip Hands -- https://hands.com/~phil

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Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2024-02-25 01:50 +0100
  Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2024-02-25 23:50 +0100
    Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2024-02-29 21:10 +0100
      Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2024-02-29 23:20 +0100
        Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-03-01 00:40 +0100
          Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2024-03-01 07:00 +0100
            Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-03-01 15:50 +0100
            Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2024-03-01 21:00 +0100
              Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-03-01 22:40 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2024-03-02 21:10 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-03-02 23:00 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2024-03-03 00:50 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2024-03-04 06:30 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2024-03-04 10:50 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-03-04 16:10 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2024-03-04 22:40 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-03-04 23:00 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2024-03-04 22:10 +0100
  Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2024-03-05 16:20 +0100
    Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2024-03-05 18:00 +0100
      Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> - 2024-03-05 19:40 +0100
        Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2024-03-05 20:40 +0100
          Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> - 2024-03-05 21:50 +0100
            Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2024-03-05 22:30 +0100
              Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> - 2024-03-05 23:00 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2024-03-06 08:40 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> - 2024-03-06 09:20 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2024-03-06 11:20 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> - 2024-03-06 13:30 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-03-06 14:00 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2024-03-06 16:00 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> - 2024-03-07 09:00 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2024-03-07 20:30 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2024-03-08 20:10 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-03-08 23:20 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> - 2024-03-09 14:00 +0100
                Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2024-03-09 16:40 +0100
        Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2024-03-05 20:50 +0100
          Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2024-03-06 19:50 +0100
  Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-03-05 19:40 +0100

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