Try the following in the %post section to add a user. %post ## add a user called becky with encrypted password useradd -c "General User" -m becky -p ABuGmyJEjpPeQ Peter Matulis <PMatulis@xxxxxxx>@redhat.com on 11/15/2001 03:17:00 PM Please respond to kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Sent by: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx To: "Kickstart-List (E-mail)" <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> cc: Subject: setting up users in ks.cfg I have tried to set up some users and specify passwords in ks.cfg using the usermod command but in the end it does not work. Has anybody got this to work? This method (usermod) is referred to in the RH docs. Peter Matulis _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list