If kickstarting a RHEL 5.y system, and the kickstart file contains
autostep
rootpw --iscrypted $1$.....
then the kickstart will stop and ask for the root password. If using a
plain text root password, it autosteps through the root password screen
as expected.
See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471122#c4 for a patch
for RHEL 5.3 Beta.
Below is a similar patch for anaconda-11.4.1.56-1.
Jeff
--- kickstart.py.ORIG 2008-11-11 15:35:29.000000000 -0600
+++ kickstart.py 2008-11-11 15:39:42.000000000 -0600
@@ -1185,6 +1185,11 @@
dispatch.skipStep("installtype")
dispatch.skipStep("bootdisk")
+ # if the root password is already encrypted, we cannot fill in
+ # the password field on the accounts screen, so skip it
+ if flags.autostep and self.id.rootPassword["isCrypted"]:
+ dispatch.skipStep("accounts")
+
dispatch.skipStep("bootdisk")
dispatch.skipStep("betanag")
dispatch.skipStep("regkey")
--- kickstart.py.ORIG 2008-11-11 14:13:35.000000000 -0600
+++ kickstart.py 2008-11-11 15:26:21.000000000 -0600
@@ -936,6 +936,11 @@
dispatch.skipStep("installtype")
dispatch.skipStep("bootdisk")
+ # if the root password is already encrypted, we cannot fill in
+ # the password field on the accounts screen, so skip it
+ if flags.autostep and self.id.rootPassword["isCrypted"]:
+ dispatch.skipStep("accounts")
+
# because these steps depend on the monitor being probed
# properly, and will stop you if you have an unprobed monitor,
# we should skip them for autostep
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