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From: mm+usenet@dorfdsl.de (Marco Moock)
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by: Marco Moock - Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:40 UTC

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by: Retro Guy - Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:44 UTC

Marco Moock wrote:

> Hello!

> The debian-upgrade script includes lines to create a new password.
> What is the exact reason for that?

Because the script is old, and I don't use it myself to notice that this is unnecessary.

I'll remove the changing (creating new) passwords part of if soon.

For now, save a copy of your passwords so you can overwrite them after upgrades, which is probably what you are already doing.

Thanks for pointing this out.

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Retro Guy

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by: Retro Guy - Thu, 15 Feb 2024 17:22 UTC

Retro Guy wrote:

> Marco Moock wrote:

>> Hello!

>> The debian-upgrade script includes lines to create a new password.
>> What is the exact reason for that?

> Because the script is old, and I don't use it myself to notice that this is unnecessary.

> I'll remove the changing (creating new) passwords part of if soon.

> For now, save a copy of your passwords so you can overwrite them after upgrades, which is probably what you are already doing.

> Thanks for pointing this out.

There is now a new commit with the password and key generation removed.

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Retro Guy

Subject	Author
upgrade script with password	Marco Moock
Re: upgrade script with password	Retro Guy
Re: upgrade script with password	Retro Guy