Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 28 May 1997 08:25:07 +0000 Received: (qmail 6023 invoked from network); 28 May 1997 08:25:01 -0000 Received: from guadiana.unex.es (root@158.49.8.233) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 28 May 1997 08:24:42 -0000 Received: from cantor.unex.es (sanvila@cantor.unex.es [158.49.32.40]) by guadiana.unex.es (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA20847; Wed, 28 May 1997 10:23:49 +0200 Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 10:23:46 +0200 (CEST) From: Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es> To: Debian Bugs <submit@bugs.debian.org> cc: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>, 10187-done@bugs.debian.org Subject: boot floppies should not force creation of a user account Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.970528101508.2366B-100000@cantor.unex.es> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Package: boot-floppies Version: 1.2.18 I have taken the liberty to transform this into a proper bug report. (Closing the old one). *---------- Forwarded message -------------------------------------- Date: 27 May 1997 22:07:27 -0500 From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> During installation, the program *forces* the creation of a user account. This is a bad idea in network environments, where passwd/group info comes from NIS and the home directory is mounted via NFS. The person installing Debian should be given a choice. -- John Goerzen | Running Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) Custom Programming | jgoerzen@complete.org | *---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BTW: I fully agree! A simple Yes/no with a default value of "yes" would be enough.