Install ssh permitroot #22076
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Install ssh permitroot #22076
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@bachp, thanks for your PR! By analyzing the history of the files in this pull request, we identified @edolstra, @thatdocslady and @nbp to be potential reviewers. |
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| enable = true; | ||
| # Allow password login to the installation, if the user sets a password via "passwd" | ||
| # It is save as root doesn't have a password by default and SSH is disabled by default |
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The danger here is that if we ever add a user account with a default password to the the installation media (e.g. |
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Isn't that already the case? Password logins are already enabled, just not for root. |
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Good point. |
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@edolstra even if a user is added SSH has still to be manually started |
Allow password login to the installation this allows doing remote installation via SSH. All that need to be done on the local machine is: 1. Boot from the installation media 2. Set a password with passwd 3. Enable SSH with systemctl start sshd It is safe as root doesn't have a password by default and SSH is disabled by default. Fixes NixOS#20718
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@edolstra Typo fixed |
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Motivation for this change
To make it easier to do an installation from a remote machine root login should be permitted on an installation CD.
For a discussion see: #20718
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