docs: Explain how to set password-less logins.
This explains the
# Allow the user to log in as root without a password.
users.users.root.initialHashedPassword = "";
that the NixOS installer live systems use in
`profiles/installation-device.nix`.
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hashedPasswordDescription = ''
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hashedPasswordDescription = ''
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To generate hashed password install <literal>mkpasswd</literal>
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To generate hashed password install <literal>mkpasswd</literal>
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package and run <literal>mkpasswd -m sha-512</literal>.
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package and run <literal>mkpasswd -m sha-512</literal>.
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For password-less logins without password prompt, use
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the empty string <literal>""</literal>.
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For logins with a fixed password (including the empty-string password with
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prompt), use one of the un-hashed password options instead, such as
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<option>users.users.<name?>.password</option>.
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Such unprotected logins should only be used for e.g. bootable live systems.
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'';
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userOpts = { name, config, ... }: {
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userOpts = { name, config, ... }: {
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