diskimage-builder/elements/devuser
Gregory Haynes 031a7b03be Add generic devuser element
The devuser element is useful for configuring a generic utility user for
the built images.

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README.rst

devuser

Creates a user that is useful for development / debugging. The following environment variables can be useful for configuration:

Environment Variables

DIB_DEV_USER_USERNAME
Required

No

Default

devuser

Description

Username for the created user.

DIB_DEV_USER_SHELL
Required

No

Default

System default (The useradd default is used)

Description

Full path for the shell of the user. This is passed to useradd using the -s parameter. Note that this does not install the (possibly) required shell package.

DIB_DEV_USER_PWDLESS_SUDO
Required

No

Default

No

Description

Enable passwordless sudo for the user.

DIB_DEV_USER_AUTHORIZED_KEYS
Required

No

Default

$HOME/.ssh/id{rsa,dsa}.pub

Description

Path to a file to copy into this users' .ssh/authorized_keys If this is not specified then an attempt is made to use a the building user's public key. To disable this behavior specify an invalid path for this variable (such as /dev/null).

DIB_DEV_USER_PASSWORD
Required

No

Default

Password is disabled

Description

Set the default password for this user. This is a fairly insecure method of setting the password and is not advised.