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| author | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2014-05-09 00:04:48 +0200 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2014-05-09 00:52:02 +0200 |
| commit | 4fc151b5a3c749833554379a96bd87676f6c5740 (patch) | |
| tree | 14a62675151cc14645867df383ffd7c4a940d177 /nixos/doc/manual | |
| parent | 8919d736a034c85eb3e38bc3d9baedcb00356e4e (diff) | |
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nixos-install: Ask the user to set a root password
This removes the need to have an initially empty root password.
Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/doc/manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/installation.xml | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-install.xml | 3 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation.xml index dcbb20b19ee..fa4b89e6ba8 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation.xml @@ -209,7 +209,20 @@ $ nixos-install</screen> a network issue while downloading binaries from the NixOS binary cache), you can just re-run <command>nixos-install</command>. Otherwise, fix your <filename>configuration.nix</filename> and - then re-run <command>nixos-install</command>.</para></listitem> + then re-run <command>nixos-install</command>.</para> + + <para>As the last step, <command>nixos-install</command> will ask + you to set the password for the <literal>root</literal> user, e.g. + +<screen> +setting root password... +Enter new UNIX password: *** +Retype new UNIX password: *** +</screen> + + </para> + + </listitem> <listitem><para>If everything went well: diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-install.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-install.xml index d5157859857..0ebee7d23f9 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-install.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-install.xml @@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ the following steps: and generates a GRUB configuration file that boots into the NixOS configuration just installed.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>It prompts you for a password for the root + account.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> </para> |