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-rw-r--r--en/using-d-i/modules/user-setup.xml7
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 38ccae4bc..0edab0980 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ installation-guide (2017XXXX) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
format. Closes: #344693
* Globally use S/390 instead of s390 for consistency. Closes: #366380.
* Document 255 characters limit for kernel command line. Closes: #397592.
+ * Document the installation of sudo, if no root password is given.
+ Closes: #692314
-- Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2017 01:17:02 +0200
diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/user-setup.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/user-setup.xml
index fa2a7d63c..3bd97d5a9 100644
--- a/en/using-d-i/modules/user-setup.xml
+++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/user-setup.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ If anyone ever tells you they need your root password, be extremely
wary. You should normally never give your root password out, unless you
are administering a machine with more than one system administrator.
+</para><para>
+
+In case you do not specify a password for the <quote>root</quote> user
+here, this account will be disabled but the <command>sudo</command> package
+will be installed later to enable administrative tasks to be carried out on
+the new system.
+
</para>
</sect3>