[install-discuss] Install time user creation & root

[Darren J Moffat]

Dave Miner wrote:
> 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.

What do I need to do to contribute ?  The additional functionality I'm 
suggested goes a long way to improving the user experience and the 
system security and should be a very small amount of code addition to 
the installer - particularly if you are already using useradd(1M) to 
create the account.

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Darren J Moffat