[PATCH 27/34] ref-manual: add serial-autologin-root to IMAGE_FEATURES documentation

Paul Eggleton
2022-10-10T09:24:43Z

New IMAGE_FEATURES item in 4.1.

Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@microsoft.com>
---
documentation/ref-manual/features.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst
index ea4d257..a5b01e8 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst
@@ -337,6 +337,12 @@ Here are the image features available for all images:
writeable for the first boot; this feature does not do anything to
ensure that - it just disables the check for post-install scripts.)

+- *serial-autologin-root:* when specified in conjunction with
+ ``empty-root-password`` will automatically login as root on the
+ serial console. This of course opens up a security hole if the
+ serial console is potentially accessible to an attacker, so use
+ with caution.
+
- *splash:* Enables showing a splash screen during boot. By default,
this screen is provided by ``psplash``, which does allow
customization. If you prefer to use an alternative splash screen
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1.8.3.1