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authorBen Creasy <ben@bencreasy.com>2018-02-20 00:59:13 -0800
committerJörg Thalheim <Mic92@users.noreply.github.com>2018-02-20 08:59:13 +0000
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nixos/doc: document password-promptless installation (#35210)
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-rw-r--r--nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml11
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
index d4746f2eb3a8..2a5d1fc3ce8d 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
@@ -275,11 +275,20 @@ Enter new UNIX password: ***
 Retype new UNIX password: ***
 </screen>
 
+    <note>
+      <para>
+        To prevent the password prompt, set <code>users.mutableUsers = false;</code> in
+        <filename>configuration.nix</filename>, which allows unattended installation
+        necessary in automation.
+      </para>
+    </note>
+
     </para>
 
   </listitem>
 
-  <listitem><para>If everything went well:
+  <listitem>
+    <para>If everything went well:
 
 <screen>
 # reboot</screen>