[xen-tools] Re: password used by script

[Gal Buki]

Hi Steve

I'm looking for a way to generate the domUs automatically.
Is it possible to set a passwort with --passwd=mypassword?

Thanks
Gal

Steve Kemp wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 10:43:18PM +0200, Gal Buki wrote:
> 
>> What is the used password for a host that has been created without the 
>> --passwd option?
> 
>   When using debootstrap, or rpmstrap, then it would generally be
>  blank.
> 
>   However many distributions do not allow remote root access to ssh
>  with an empty root password so this might not work.  I'd suggest
>  either:
> 
>     Always use --passwd, (or setting "passwd=1" in the config file).
> 
>    or
> 
>     Install an SSH key for each new image, as described in the
>    manual.  ("xen-create-image --manual"; see the section
>    "THE SKELETON DIRECTORY")
> 
>   If you installed via a copy, or tar file then the password
>  will be whatever it was set to in the source image.
> 
> Steve