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Diffstat (limited to 'source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S')
| -rwxr-xr-x | source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
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 |