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Diffstat (limited to 'nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
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!" |