systemd-firstboot(1)

1SYSTEMD-FIRSTBOOT(1)           systemd-firstboot          SYSTEMD-FIRSTBOOT(1)
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NAME

6       systemd-firstboot, systemd-firstboot.service - Initialize basic system
7       settings on or before the first boot-up of a system
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SYNOPSIS

10       systemd-firstboot [OPTIONS...]
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12       systemd-firstboot.service
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DESCRIPTION

15       systemd-firstboot initializes the most basic system settings
16       interactively on the first boot, or optionally non-interactively when a
17       system image is created. The following settings may be set up:
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19       ·   The system locale, more specifically the two locale variables LANG=
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22       ·   The system time zone
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24       ·   The system host name
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26       ·   The machine ID of the system
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28       ·   The root user's password
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30       Each of the fields may either be queried interactively from the users,
31       set non-interactively on the tool's command line, or be copied from a
32       host system that is used to set up the system image.
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34       If a setting is already initialized it will not be overwritten and the
35       user will not be prompted for the setting.
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37       Note that this tool operates directly on the file system and does not
38       involve any running system services, unlike localectl(1),
39       timedatectl(1) or hostnamectl(1). This allows systemd-firstboot to
40       operate on mounted but not booted disk images and in early boot. It is
41       not recommended to use systemd-firstboot on the running system while it
42       is up.
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OPTIONS

45       The following options are understood:
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47       --root=root
48           Takes a directory path as an argument. All paths will be prefixed
49           with the given alternate root path, including config search paths.
50           This is useful to operate on a system image mounted to the
51           specified directory instead of the host system itself.
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53       --locale=LOCALE, --locale-messages=LOCALE
54           Sets the system locale, more specifically the LANG= and LC_MESSAGES
55           settings. The argument should be a valid locale identifier, such as
56           "de_DE.UTF-8". This controls the locale.conf(5) configuration file.
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58       --timezone=TIMEZONE
59           Sets the system time zone. The argument should be a valid time zone
60           identifier, such as "Europe/Berlin". This controls the localtime(5)
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63       --hostname=HOSTNAME
64           Sets the system hostname. The argument should be a host name,
65           compatible with DNS. This controls the hostname(5) configuration
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68       --machine-id=ID
69           Sets the system's machine ID. This controls the machine-id(5) file.
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71       --root-password=PASSWORD, --root-password-file=PATH
72           Sets the password of the system's root user. This creates a
73           shadow(5) file. This setting exists in two forms: --root-password=
74           accepts the password to set directly on the command line,
75           --root-password-file= reads it from a file. Note that it is not
76           recommended specifying passwords on the command line as other users
77           might be able to see them simply by invoking ps(1).
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79       --prompt-locale, --prompt-timezone, --prompt-hostname,
80       --prompt-root-password
81           Prompt the user interactively for a specific basic setting. Note
82           that any explicit configuration settings specified on the command
83           line take precedence, and the user is not prompted for it.
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85       --prompt
86           Query the user for locale, timezone, hostname and root password.
87           This is equivalent to specifying --prompt-locale,
88           --prompt-timezone, --prompt-hostname, --prompt-root-password in
89           combination.
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91       --copy-locale, --copy-timezone, --copy-root-password
92           Copy a specific basic setting from the host. This only works in
93           combination with --root= (see above).
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95       --copy
96           Copy locale, time zone and root password from the host. This is
97           equivalent to specifying --copy-locale, --copy-timezone,
98           --copy-root-password in combination.
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100       --setup-machine-id
101           Initialize the system's machine ID to a random ID. This only works
102           in combination with --root=.
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104       -h, --help
105           Print a short help text and exit.
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107       --version
108           Print a short version string and exit.
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EXIT STATUS

111       On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
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