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Description of problem:
Anaconda in Fedora allows to do the following actions in the root password spoke:
"Lock root account" - checked by default
"Allow root SSH login with password" - not checked by default

It's the opposite of how root account is created in RHEL. The current RHEL behavior needs to be preserved after anaconda rebase (bug 1691319).


Steps to Reproduce:
1. start graphical installation
2. make sure root account is created during the installation, use the default options (if there are any)
3. reboot to installed system

Actual results:
root account is not locked
it's possible to login as root with password via ssh on installed system

Expected results:
Same as "Actual results" - no change after anaconda rebase

https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/2561

(In reply to Jan Stodola from comment #0)
> Description of problem:
> Anaconda in Fedora allows to do the following actions in the root password
> spoke:
> "Lock root account" - checked by default
> "Allow root SSH login with password" - not checked by default
> 
> It's the opposite of how root account is created in RHEL. The current RHEL
> behavior needs to be preserved after anaconda rebase (bug 1691319).

It seems to me that actually root account is locked on RHEL 8.2 if the root password is empty. We will preserve this behaviour.
As for the "Allow SSH loging with password" we will make the default yes.

Verified on RHEL-8.3.0-20200701.2 and anaconda-33.16.3.10-1.el8.x86_64.rpm

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (anaconda bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:4729