This bug still seems to be present (at least testing with 12.10).
The best workaround seems to be:
1. Set permissions of /root to 0711 in the firstboot script. 2. Reset the permissions of /root to 0700 at the end of the firstboot script.
This bug still seems to be present (at least testing with 12.10).
The best workaround seems to be:
1. Set permissions of /root to 0711 in the firstboot script.
2. Reset the permissions of /root to 0700 at the end of the firstboot script.