[xen-tools] Re: Split --passwd into two new options?

Asheesh Laroia asheesh at asheesh.org
Fri Jun 23 19:32:47 CEST 2006


On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Steve Kemp wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 06:52:54PM +0200, Sven Hartge wrote:
>
>> Currently omitting --passwd causes xen-create-image to copy all users 
>> from the current system onto the new domU, specifying --passwd asks for 
>> a root password and does not copy any users.
>
>   Yes, that is a good summery.

I omit --passwd on this Fedora system, and it doesn't seem to copy the 
users to the new domU.  Is that a bug...?

>  I've been thinking it also makes sense to create home directories
> when copying the users across.

-- Asheesh.

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