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		jlgaddis on Dec 27, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BSD vs. Ubuntu motd(5) I can't speak to that either way (I haven't done a manual installation in a long time) but setting `d-i passwd/root-login boolean false` in a preseed file seems to still work just fine (to skip "creation" of a root account). The "sudo" package will be installed and the user created during installation will be added to the "sudo" group.

boring_twenties on Dec 27, 2019 [–]

Good to know, thanks. Note that you'll be locked out of rescue/emergency with that, unless you also modify the unit file for (one or both of) them.

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