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Live user setup

Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:45 am

Greets and happy new year!

I am trying some new builds and sandlots and have started from ground zero for the first time in almost 5 years

New debian sid installs up to the point of successful builds and ISO creation

Problem is that no user seems to be getting setup at LiveCD login... and for the life of me I am forgetting (old age) the settings for the live-config to setup the live user name, password etc..

Help in jarring my memory please!

Thanks

Re: Live user setup

Wed Jan 18, 2017 12:13 pm

Add 'user-setup' to the boot command. (I'm pretty sure but haven't tried it.) See 'man live-config' for more options. Note that if you add an option by itself, that option is added to the default options. If you add 'components=option1,option2...' then you only get the ones you name.

Re: Live user setup

Thu Jan 19, 2017 11:31 pm

I have very little hair to begin with... and spent the last couple of days pulling the rest out

Then realized that you needed (not file) an application to setup users... user-setup

I installed that and everything fell into place.. Do you think that might need to be a requirement for the installer? Just curious

Thanks fsmithred
Last edited by vsido on Fri Jan 20, 2017 4:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Re: Live user setup

Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:40 am

A file? There's a user-setup package. I've got it installed, but I've never used it. Refracta always has a preconfigured user.

Did you have to do more than just add 'user-setup' to the boot command?
Where do you put your default desktop configs?

Re: Live user setup

Fri Jan 20, 2017 4:16 pm

Not a file.. an app

I did not have the application user-setup installed.. Once it was installed the setup of the user on the liveCD was done as expected

To answer your question, I do all default desktop configs from /etc/skel upon first login no matter if it the livdCD user (vsido) or your login after you have built VSIDO

When a new user is added/built /etc/skel is the default setup of that users /home
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