[pve-devel] [PATCH container] fix #6392: setup: fedora: skip --prompt-new-user on firstboot

[Fabian Grünbichler]

On December 19, 2025 4:19 pm, Maximiliano Sandoval wrote:
> As per 'homectl --help':
> 
> --prompt-new-user: Query user interactively for user to create
> 
> which will wait on stdin to get the credentials for the new user, but at
> this point there is no way for the user to enter such input and the
> container will not start.
> 
> One could alternatively remove the unit file from the
> 'systemd-firstboot(1)' step, but this incantation has valid use-cases
> like recognizing a existing homes on firstboot.

1. this makes no sense in the commit message ;)
2. I don't think homed integration makes a lot of sense for a system
container, and would rather skip it altogether

> Signed-off-by: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval at proxmox.com>
> ---
>  src/PVE/LXC/Setup/Fedora.pm | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/src/PVE/LXC/Setup/Fedora.pm b/src/PVE/LXC/Setup/Fedora.pm
> index cf383e3..891884b 100644
> --- a/src/PVE/LXC/Setup/Fedora.pm
> +++ b/src/PVE/LXC/Setup/Fedora.pm
> @@ -43,6 +43,30 @@ sub setup_init {
>              'systemd-networkd.service' => 1,
>          });
>      }
> +
> +    if ($version >= 42) {
> +        $self->skip_homectl_firstboot_prompt();
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +sub skip_homectl_firstboot_prompt {
> +    my ($self) = @_;
> +
> +    # Replaces 'homectl firstboot --prompt-new-user' with 'homectl firstboot'.
> +    # When the --prompt-new-user flag is enabled the process will wait for user
> +    # input resulting in the setup process not ever finishing.
> +    my $unit_path = '/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-homed-firstboot.service';
> +    if ($self->ct_file_exists($unit_path)) {
> +        my $unit = <<__EOD__;
> +# Generated by Proxmox VE
> +[Service]
> +ExecStart=
> +ExecStart=homectl firstboot
> +__EOD__
> +
> +        $self->ct_make_path("$unit_path.d");
> +        $self->ct_file_set_contents("$unit_path.d/50-skip-prompt.conf", $unit);
> +    }
>  }
>  
>  sub setup_network {
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 
> 
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