Bug 1327331

Summary:	[Doc] Root password can't be changed
Product:	Red Hat Quickstart Cloud Installer	Reporter:	Thom Carlin <tcarlin>
Component:	doc-Release_Notes	Assignee:	Julie <juwu>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Tasos Papaioannou <tpapaioa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	1.0	CC:	adahms, bthurber, dajohnso, jlabocki, jmatthew, jmontleo, juwu, tcarlin, tpapaioa
Target Milestone:	TP3	Keywords:	Reopened, Triaged
Target Release:	1.0
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	docs
Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:		Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	1308723	Environment:
Last Closed:	2016-05-03 05:09:17 UTC	Type:	Bug
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Bug Depends On:	1308723
Bug Blocks:

Description Thom Carlin 2016-04-14 19:47:54 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1308723 +++

Please document the restriction below and note it will be addressed by GA.

Description of problem:

During Anaconda, once the root password is set, it cannot be changed.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

TP3 RC3

How reproducible:

100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install using either RHCI or TripleO ISO
2. In Anaconda, enter root password successfully) so main screen shows "Root password is set"
3. Try to change root password (again)

Actual results:

Unable to change

Expected results:

Able to change

Additional info:

If this is not the desired functionality, please document the restriction.

--- Additional comment from Dave Johnson on 2016-02-17 10:57:49 EST ---

Thom, how does it work in RHEL installs, can you update the password after setting it?

--- Additional comment from Thom Carlin on 2016-02-17 11:20:58 EST ---

With RHEL 7.1, after the Root Password is set, YES you can update the password.

--- Additional comment from John Matthews on 2016-02-17 15:00:33 EST ---

Thom,

This sounds like a pure anaconda thing and not related to anything with the RHCI installer.

Are you saying that behavior is different with our ISO opposed to the RHEL ISO?

--- Additional comment from Thom Carlin on 2016-02-17 15:09:35 EST ---

I will re-verify during installer shortly

--- Additional comment from Thom Carlin on 2016-02-17 15:30:07 EST ---

Yes, for RHEL, I tested using the RHEL 7.1 ISO on our RHEVM 3.5 system.  For RHCI and TripleO, I used the TP 2 RC9 ISOs.

RHEL Anaconda allows the root password to change
RHCI/TripleO Anaconda does not.

Could this be tied to the "No user will be created" setting?

Comment 4 Thom Carlin 2016-04-15 13:33:32 UTC

Please note for TP3, the above issue:
* Has been addressed in the QCI ISO.
* Only affects the QCI TripleO ISO.

A workaround would be to restart the install.

Comment 5 Jason Montleon 2016-04-15 13:52:55 UTC

I tried our OSP 8, QCI 1.0 and QCI based off Sat 6.2 ISO's (what we're calling 1.2 for now though that version is not official in any way) and they all let me change the password after it has been set. They all have in common that they are based off of RHEL 7.2.

I tried out OSP 7 ISO, which is based off of RHEL 7.1 (and we don't have a choice here since we're on OSP 7.1, which is not compatible with RHEL 7.2 and we've made a conscious decision to stick with OSP 7.1 for TP3), and you can't change the password after it is set.

So post TP3 once we go to OSP 8 it will be consistent. But this isn't a bug; just enhanced behavior between RHEL 7.1 and 7.2 anaconda.

Comment 7 Tasos Papaioannou 2016-04-18 16:32:01 UTC

Verified.

Comment 8 Julie 2016-05-03 05:09:17 UTC

Documentation now available at:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/quickstart-cloud-installer/version-1.0/quickstart-cloud-installer-guide/