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Date:      Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:17:53 -0700
From:      Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com>
To:        Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
Cc:        Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, McDowell <rcm@fuzzwad.org>, Ron, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [IMPORT] bsdconfig(8)
Message-ID:  <B08553A1-C181-47C2-A8E8-119D4B1C367A@fisglobal.com>
In-Reply-To: <5001D152.2050007@cran.org.uk>
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On Jul 14, 2012, at 1:06 PM, Bruce Cran wrote:

> On 14/07/2012 20:49, Devin Teske wrote:
>> The goal is to have bsdinstall drop those functionalities and instead li=
nk to bsdconfig.
>=20
> Won't that mean it'll be possible to end up with an installation without =
a root password set?
>=20

No.

The implication is that bsdconfig and bsdinstall will forever live side-by-=
side once linked together. That includes having bsdconfig live on the insta=
llation media so that bsdinstall can utilize it during the installation to =
(among other things) set the root password.
--=20
Devin

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