#!/bin/bash echo "$0 Starting ..." errcnt=0 # Process options passed on the boot command line for curopt in $(< /proc/cmdline) do case "${curopt}" in # Configure keyboard layout if requested in the boot command line setkmap=*) echo "Found option '${curopt}' on the boot command line" localectl set-keymap ${curopt#*=} ;; # Configure root login shell if requested in the boot command line rootshell=*) echo "Found option '${curopt}' on the boot command line" chsh --shell ${curopt#*=} root ;; # Set the system root password from a clear password rootpass=*) echo "Found option 'rootpass=******' on the boot command line" if echo "root:${curopt#*=}" | chpasswd --crypt-method SHA512 then echo "Password successfully changed" else echo "Failed to change password" errcnt=$((errcnt + 1)) fi ;; # Set the system root password from an encrypted password # A password can be encrypted using a one-line python3 command such as: # python3 -c 'import crypt; print(crypt.crypt("MyPassWord123", crypt.mksalt(crypt.METHOD_SHA512)))' rootcryptpass=*) echo "Found option 'rootcryptpass=******' on the boot command line" if echo "root:${curopt#*=}" | chpasswd --encrypted then echo "Password successfully changed" else echo "Failed to change password" errcnt=$((errcnt + 1)) fi ;; # Option to allow user to disable the firewall nofirewall) echo "Found option 'nofirewall' on the boot command line" # the firewall service(s) must be in the Before-section of sysrescue-initialize.service systemctl disable --now iptables.service ip6tables.service ;; esac done exit ${errcnt}