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| author |   Patrick J Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com> | 2022-08-21 18:58:29 +0000 |
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| committer |   Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> | 2022-08-22 01:00:18 +0200 |
| commit | 2f2ecd3ca0c65ea6d3c2acdd43fd0478d6c8e15d (patch) | |
| tree | df03ec66fe0fe7c1b4f30098b2fda5c6f19722bb /source/installer | |
| parent | 2dbea3b2b0e597fa1e3fa37fbb2f250168112559 (diff) | |
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Sun Aug 21 18:58:29 UTC 202220220821185829
a/kernel-generic-5.19.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-5.19.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-5.19.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-12.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-g++-12.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-gdc-12.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-gfortran-12.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-gnat-12.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-go-12.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-objc-12.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-5.19.3-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/libtool-2.4.7-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled to update embedded GCC version number.
d/python-setuptools-65.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Make libdir = platlib to agree with the paths in python3.
k/kernel-source-5.19.3-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
xfce/xfce4-panel-4.16.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xfce/xfdesktop-4.16.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
/etc/rc.d/rc.S: Added support for setting the Installer's root password
from a kernel cmdline key value pair: instrootpw=yourpassword
This is intended for network installations where otherwise the root password
would be unset. Note: this does not configure the OS root password.
Thanks to Stuart Winter.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
/etc/rc.d/rc.S: Added support for setting the Installer's root password
from a kernel cmdline key value pair: instrootpw=yourpassword
This is intended for network installations where otherwise the root password
would be unset. Note: this does not configure the OS root password.
Thanks to Stuart Winter.
Diffstat (limited to 'source/installer')
| -rw-r--r-- | source/installer/ChangeLog.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S | 10 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/installer/ChangeLog.txt b/source/installer/ChangeLog.txt index 3b32fc69a..8850f9c0f 100644 --- a/source/installer/ChangeLog.txt +++ b/source/installer/ChangeLog.txt @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +Fri Aug 19 08:08:08 UTC 2022 + /etc/rc.d/rc.S: Added support for setting the Installer's root password + from a Kernel cmdline key value pair, instrootpw=yourpassword + This is intended for network installations where otherwise the root password + would be unset. + Note: this does not configure the OS root password. + Passwords should be set as follows within the Kernel cmdline: + instrootpw=yourpassword + MoZes. ++--------------------------+ Wed Jun 29 19:13:25 UTC 2022 Added smartctl, smartctl.8, and dmidecode.8. +--------------------------+ diff --git a/source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S b/source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S index fcd5fea2c..a5c52f548 100755 --- a/source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S +++ b/source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S @@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ # Mount sysfs next: /sbin/mount -v sysfs /sys -t sysfs 1> /dev/null +# Set a root password for the Slackware Installer if set as a Kernel cmdline: +# This is intended for network installations where otherwise the root password +# would be unset. +# Note: this does not configure the OS root password. +# Passwords should be set as follows within the Kernel cmdline: +# instrootpw=yourpassword +if grep.bin -qoP 'instrootpw=\K\S+' /proc/cmdline ; then + /bin/echo "root:$( grep.bin -oP 'instrootpw=\K\S+' /proc/cmdline )" | /bin/busybox chpasswd +fi + # Activate swap: /sbin/swapon -a 1> /dev/null |