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   Carlos E.R. to Marc Haber   
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   22 Jan 26 13:17:41   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-22 10:43, Marc Haber wrote:   
   > "Carlos E.R."  wrote:   
   >> openSUSE used by default the same password for both, yes. We had a good   
   >> row about this (some argued that it was good enough for home users, and   
   >> easier on users coming from Windows), and finally the compromise was to   
   >> allow during installation to click somewhere and type a different   
   >> password for root.   
   >   
   > You didn't have configuration management back then to automate that?   
      
   Automate what, the installation? I am not into that class, I never   
   needed to install more than one machine at a time.   
      
   But sure, there was YaST and there was autoyast.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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