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docs: Explain how to set password-less logins.
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@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ let
hashedPasswordDescription = '' hashedPasswordDescription = ''
To generate hashed password install <literal>mkpasswd</literal> To generate hashed password install <literal>mkpasswd</literal>
package and run <literal>mkpasswd -m sha-512</literal>. package and run <literal>mkpasswd -m sha-512</literal>.
For password-less logins without password prompt, use
the empty string <literal>""</literal>.
For logins with a fixed password (including the empty-string password with
prompt), use one of the un-hashed password options instead, such as
<option>users.users.<name?>.password</option>.
Such unprotected logins should only be used for e.g. bootable live systems.
''; '';
userOpts = { name, config, ... }: { userOpts = { name, config, ... }: {