Support --nopassword option to not prompt for the root password

[grml-debootstrap.git] / chroot-script

diff --git a/chroot-script b/chroot-script
index fe0becb..84086cc 100755 (executable)
--- a/chroot-script
+++ b/chroot-script
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ packages() {
 
   if [ "$PACKAGES" = 'yes' ] ; then
      if ! [ -r /etc/debootstrap/packages ] ; then
-       echo "Error: /etc/debootstrap/packages not found, exiting."
+       echo "Error: /etc/debootstrap/packages (inside chroot) not found, exiting." >&2
        exit 1
      else
        $APTUPDATE
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ reconfigure() {
 # set password of user root {{{
 passwords()
 {
+  if [ -n "$NOPASSWORD" ] ; then
+    echo "Skip setting root password as requested."
+    return 0
+  fi
+
   echo "Activating shadow passwords."
   shadowconfig on
 
@@ -249,7 +254,6 @@ passwords()
      CHPASSWD_OPTION='-m'
   fi
 
-
   if [ -n "$ROOTPASSWORD" ] ; then
      echo root:"$ROOTPASSWORD" | chpasswd $CHPASSWD_OPTION
      export ROOTPASSWORD=''