Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH container] fix #6392: setup: fedora: skip --prompt-new-user on firstboot

[Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>]

Fabian Grünbichler <f.gruenbichler@proxmox.com> writes:

> On December 19, 2025 4:19 pm, Maximiliano Sandoval wrote:
>> As per 'homectl --help':
>> 
>> --prompt-new-user: Query user interactively for user to create
>> 
>> which will wait on stdin to get the credentials for the new user, but at
>> this point there is no way for the user to enter such input and the
>> container will not start.
>> 
>> One could alternatively remove the unit file from the
>> 'systemd-firstboot(1)' step, but this incantation has valid use-cases
>> like recognizing a existing homes on firstboot.
>
> 1. this makes no sense in the commit message ;)
> 2. I don't think homed integration makes a lot of sense for a system
> container, and would rather skip it altogether

I would say it is up to the user. Someone might use this for some
service to quickly populate their config/state or create new users for
services with systemd credentials, I would prefer not to disable this
option if it can be so easily patched to not require stdin.

-- 
Maximiliano