</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--image=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a path to a disk image file or block device node. If specified all operations
+ are applied to file system in the indicated disk image. This is similar to <option>--root=</option>
+ but operates on file systems stored in disk images or block devices. The disk image should either
+ contain just a file system or a set of file systems within a GPT partition table, following the
+ <ulink url="https://systemd.io/DISCOVERABLE_PARTITIONS">Discoverable Partitions
+ Specification</ulink>. For further information on supported disk images, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
+ switch of the same name.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--locale=<replaceable>LOCALE</replaceable></option></term>
<term><option>--locale-messages=<replaceable>LOCALE</replaceable></option></term>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--root-password=<replaceable>PASSWORD</replaceable></option></term>
<term><option>--root-password-file=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option></term>
+ <term><option>--root-password-hashed=<replaceable>HASHED_PASSWORD</replaceable></option></term>
- <listitem><para>Sets the password of the system's root user.
- This creates a
+ <listitem><para>Sets the password of the system's root user. This creates/modifies the
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>passwd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>shadow</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ files. This setting exists in three forms: <option>--root-password=</option> accepts the password to
+ set directly on the command line, <option>--root-password-file=</option> reads it from a file and
+ <option>--root-password-hashed=</option> accepts an already hashed password on the command line. See
<citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>shadow</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- file. This setting exists in two forms:
- <option>--root-password=</option> accepts the password to set
- directly on the command line, and
- <option>--root-password-file=</option> reads it from a file.
- Note that it is not recommended to specify passwords on the
- command line, as other users might be able to see them simply
- by invoking
- <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>ps</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
+ for more information on the format of the hashed password. Note that it is not recommended to specify
+ plaintext passwords on the command line, as other users might be able to see them simply by invoking
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>ps</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--root-shell=<replaceable>SHELL</replaceable></option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Sets the shell of the system's root user. This creates/modifies the
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>passwd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ file.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--kernel-command-line=<replaceable>CMDLINE</replaceable></option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Sets the system's kernel command line. This controls the
+ <filename>/etc/kernel/cmdline</filename> file which is used by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kernel-install</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--prompt-timezone</option></term>
<term><option>--prompt-hostname</option></term>
<term><option>--prompt-root-password</option></term>
+ <term><option>--prompt-root-shell</option></term>
<listitem><para>Prompt the user interactively for a specific
basic setting. Note that any explicit configuration settings
<option>--prompt-keymap</option>,
<option>--prompt-timezone</option>,
<option>--prompt-hostname</option>,
- <option>--prompt-root-password</option> in combination.</para>
+ <option>--prompt-root-password</option>,
+ <option>--prompt-root-shell</option> in combination.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><option>--copy-keymap</option></term>
<term><option>--copy-timezone</option></term>
<term><option>--copy-root-password</option></term>
+ <term><option>--copy-root-shell</option></term>
<listitem><para>Copy a specific basic setting from the host.
This only works in combination with <option>--root=</option>
<option>--copy-locale</option>,
<option>--copy-keymap</option>,
<option>--copy-timezone</option>,
- <option>--copy-root-password</option> in combination.</para>
+ <option>--copy-root-password</option>,
+ <option>--copy-root-shell</option> in combination.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<option>--root=</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--force</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>systemd-firstboot doesn't modify existing files unless <option>--force</option>
+ is specified. For modifications to <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
+ <filename>/etc/shadow</filename>, systemd-firstboot only modifies the entry of the
+ <literal>root</literal> user instead of overwriting the entire file.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--delete-root-password</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Removes the password of the system's root user, enabling login as root without a
+ password unless the root account is locked. Note that this is extremely insecure and hence this
+ option should not be used lightly.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--welcome=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. By default when prompting the user for configuration
+ options a brief welcome text is shown before the first question is asked. Pass false to this option
+ to turn off the welcome text.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
</variablelist>
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