+ sed -e "s@^root:[^:]*:\(.*\)@root:$ROOT_PASSWORD:\1@" ${VARIANT}/passwd >$OVERLAY/etc/passwd
+
+# this is more harmful than helpful
+# idea being, since we start a full-featured fedora system now, it would
+# have been nice to be able to enter sshd very early on - before bm has even been downloaded
+# however somehow it appears that these lines ruin all chances to enter ssh at all
+# either early or even later on;
+# plus, it is unclear what this would give on non=systemd nodes, so I am backing off for now
+# # recent bootCDs rely on a standard systemd startup sequence
+# # so allow debug key to enter in this context whenever that makes sense
+# mkdir -p $OVERLAY/root/.ssh
+# chmod 700 $OVERLAY/root/.ssh
+# cp $PLC_DEBUG_SSH_KEY_PUB $OVERLAY/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+# chmod 600 $OVERLAY/root/.ssh/authorized_keys