root password

Sets the root password. This plugin removes the task that disables the SSH password authentication.

Settings

oneOf

• password: The password for the root user.
• password-crypted: The password for the root user[crypt(3) hash]

The following command (available from the whois package) can be used to generate a SHA-512 based crypt(3) hash for a password:

mkpasswd -m sha-512