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Description of problem:
Going through the RHEL 9 Beta installation is possible without allowing administrator access in the installed system.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-34.25.0.25-1.el9

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot up RHEL-9.0.0-20220127.4-x86_64-dvd1.iso
2. Create non-admin user
3. Set up root password (enabling the root account)
4. Disable the root account

Actual results:
You'll end up with installed system without any way to perform administrator tasks (neither root nor sudo access is available)

Expected results:
The installation that results in such scenario shouldn't be possible. 

Additional info:

FYI, this can't be reproduced on Fedora 35, I barely remember that it's possible it was fixed during the f35 development cycle, but I am still yet to find the BZ/commit.

This should be the fix: https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/3665

Backporting the upstream fix: https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/3800

Release note published:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9-beta/html-single/9.0_release_notes/index#BZ-2047713

Closing, the release note has been published:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9-beta/html-single/9.0_release_notes/index#BZ-2047713