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How to disable root password in NixOS?

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I tried setting users.users.root.hashedPassword = "*"; similar to sudo passwd -d root or user { 'root': password => '*', require => Package[ruby-shadow], } in Puppet , but after sudo nixos-rebuild switch I'm still able to su - with the old password.
Asked by l0b0 (53368 rep)
Jul 23, 2019, 10:09 AM
Last activity: Jul 30, 2025, 07:04 PM