Bug 1262361 - after installation can't login as root
Summary: after installation can't login as root
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1260875
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 23
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-09-11 13:36 UTC by Richard S. Hendershot
Modified: 2015-09-11 13:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2015-09-11 13:37:07 UTC
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Description Richard S. Hendershot 2015-09-11 13:36:08 UTC
Description of problem: root user password is created in plain-text by installation


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


How reproducible:  always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. mount images/boot.iso (11-Sep) in vbox VM and perform installation
2. on completion root login fails. reboot using rw init=/bin/bash
3. grep root /etc/shadow

Actual results:  password is a star


Expected results: password field should be an encrypted value of that supplied during installation


Additional info:  useradd creates user with plain-text password

Comment 1 David Shea 2015-09-11 13:37:07 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1260875 ***


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