Description of Problem: The command, "/usr/bin/passwd -d" in the %post section of kickstart does not work. Examination of STDOUT/STDERR of the kickstart %post contains the msg: delete password for root <--produced by an "echo" immediately preceding Changing password for user root Removing password for user root passwd: Success But, upon reboot of the system, the password specified by the "rootpw" line in the kickstart file is still in effect. How Reproducible: Floppy-based kickstart install Actual Results: Password specified by kickstart "rootpw" line is still in effect. Expected Results: No password for root.
Created attachment 28135 [details] Kickstart file
This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Fairfax.
This should be fixed now. Thanks for your report.