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