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authorAlyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>2019-03-16 17:16:21 +0000
committerAlyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>2019-03-16 22:36:36 +0000
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Merge commit 'da1a2b1eeafa66b4419b4f275396d8a731eccb61'
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diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
index defc46ad2a72..8685cb345e1e 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
+++ b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
@@ -138,7 +138,18 @@ fi
 # Ask the user to set a root password, but only if the passwd command
 # exists (i.e. when mutable user accounts are enabled).
 if [[ -z $noRootPasswd ]] && [ -t 0 ]; then
-    nixos-enter --root "$mountPoint" -c '[[ -e /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/sw/bin/passwd ]] && echo "setting root password..." && /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/sw/bin/passwd'
+    if nixos-enter --root "$mountPoint" -c 'test -e /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/sw/bin/passwd'; then
+        set +e
+        nixos-enter --root "$mountPoint" -c 'echo "setting root password..." && /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/sw/bin/passwd'
+        exit_code=$?
+        set -e
+
+        if [[ $exit_code != 0 ]]; then
+            echo "Setting a root password failed with the above printed error."
+            echo "You can set the root password manually by executing \`nixos-enter --root ${mountPoint@Q}\` and then running \`passwd\` in the shell of the new system."
+            exit $exit_code
+        fi
+    fi
 fi
 
 echo "installation finished!"