Bug 849250
Summary: | Not setting up a root password makes non-desktop installs impossible to access | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Adam Williamson <awilliam> |
Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | David Cantrell <dcantrell> |
Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
Severity: | urgent | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | unspecified | ||
Version: | 18 | CC: | anaconda-maint-list, collura, dan.mashal, dcantrell, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, kparal, mmarzantowicz, rdieter, robatino, vanmeeuwen+fedora |
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | x86_64 | ||
OS: | Unspecified | ||
Whiteboard: | AcceptedBlocker | ||
Fixed In Version: | anaconda-18.6.4-1 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix |
Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
Last Closed: | 2012-09-06 16:30:21 UTC | Type: | Bug |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Bug Depends On: | 848803 | ||
Bug Blocks: | 752654 |
Description
Adam Williamson
2012-08-17 19:57:56 UTC
Proposing as an Alpha blocker: this violates the criterion "When booting a system installed without a graphical environment, or when using a correct configuration setting to cause an installed system to boot in non-graphical mode, the system should boot to a state where it is possible to log in through at least one of the default virtual consoles". You wind up in a state where it is not possible to log in, because there is no account that can possibly be logged into. I am able to reproduce this issue. Discussed at 2012-08-20 QA meeting, acting as a blocker review meeting: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2012-08-20/fedora-qa.2012-08-20-15.00.html . Accepted as a blocker per criterion cited in comment #1. Current plan is to create an optional root password spoke for graphical installs. This spoke may not live past F18 alpha, or F18 in general as we look at other long term options. A patch for the spoke has been posted, but I expect there to be some critique of it and more work before it goes upstream. Spoke pushed upstream, will be in the next build of anaconda. verified to be present and working in TC4. Verified in TC5. 18.6.5-1 was pushed stable, so closing. After doing fresh Fedora 18 Alpha installation from CD, I'm unable to manage my Linux system because there is no root account and I haven't added my user to admin group (option is uncheced by defult!!!). I think this option shoud only be presented to the user on firstboot if there is root account already created. Othervise I have no root and no other account which can run sudo. (In reply to comment #9) Already reported as bug 856194. |