FreeBSD: Root password not set!

[rickard-von-essen]

The FreeBSD 9.3 and 10.3 boxes don't have any root password set allowing any user to become root with su without a password.

This is because the install scripts (9.3 and 10) are missing -h 0.
E.g.
echo "vagrant" | pw -V /mnt/zroot/etc usermod root
should be
echo "vagrant" | pw -V /mnt/zroot/etc usermod root -h 0

But fixing this causes the script execution to fail since no root password is given.

      "execute_command": "{{.Vars}} su -m root -c 'sh -eux {{.Path}}'",

[rickard-von-essen]

One solution would be to install sudo in the install script and use sudo in the shell provisioner. Another would be to allow root to ssh and use

  "ssh_username": "root",

[cheeseplus]

Fantastic catch - I seem to recall us trying to avoid sudo on FreeBSD as it's not strictly required for the platform but it's probably sensible for these boxes.

[rickard-von-essen]

We install it anyway in scripts/freebsd/sudoers.sh.