[install-discuss] Install time user creation & root

[Dave Miner]

Darren J Moffat wrote:
> In the brave new installer world I believe there will be the ability 
> during interactive install to create (normal) users.
> 

Yes, there will be.  If you look at the current demo of the first 
iteration[1], we're well on the way to including this feature.

>  From a security perspective this is a perfect opportunity to turn the 
> root account into an RBAC role so that only that user can become root.
> 

In this first iteration we don't have the cycles to do any more than 
create an account, but we'd definitely like to move in the direction 
you're suggesting later.  Timing is the only real issue, and if you or 
someone in security is interested in contributing here, it might go more 
quickly.

Dave

[1] http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/Dwarf/Dwarf_Demo/