Bug 10422 - Kickstart does not set root password correctly using shadow
Summary: Kickstart does not set root password correctly using shadow
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 10377
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
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Reported: 2000-03-29 21:44 UTC by ciamac moallemi
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-03-30 18:16:27 UTC
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Description ciamac moallemi 2000-03-29 21:44:54 UTC 
My ks.cfg file contains:
auth --useshadow --enablemd5
rootpw --iscrypted xxxxx
Kickstart sets the password in /etc/passwd, not /etc/shadow, resulting
in a system with no root password set.
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2000-03-30 17:12:59 UTC 
*** Bug 10437 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2000-03-30 18:16:59 UTC 
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 10377 ***
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