I'm trying to write a configuration script for new servers, and one of the first steps is to install a series of required packages, such as MySQL, phpMyAdmin, etc. using apt-get install
However, when dpkg tries to configure them it asks you for a few options, such as MySQL root password, phpMyAdmin passwords, what server to use, etc.
Since I will likely be passing this script on to co-workers who are unlikely to read the prompts, and my desire to simply start it and walk away, I'd like to know how to pass in a series of "default" answers/values for it to use. This might include usernames/passwords/other dynamic values passed on command line.
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I realize that having passwords in a script is a security issue, but I'm willing to ignore it, particularly in the more general sense of installing packages that an answer to this would imply.