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Cc: Ron@FreeBSD.ORG, McDowell <rcm@fuzzwad.org>,
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Subject: Re: [IMPORT] bsdconfig(8)
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On 14/07/2012 21:17, Devin Teske wrote:
> The implication is that bsdconfig and bsdinstall will forever live side-by-side once linked together. That includes having bsdconfig live on the installation media so that bsdinstall can utilize it during the installation to (among other things) set the root password.

Doesn't that mean that bsdconfig would be invoked as "bsdconfig 
password" which would bypass the welcome screen and so by the time the 
user does see it the root password (and timezone) will have been set?

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Bruce Cran