On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 09:56:12AM -0400, Paul Fernandes (paul.fernandes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > We had the problem with user logins when we put up 7.2 servers manually too. > The "new" login truncates to 8 characters. > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > jeff.ctr.vandenbussche@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 9:42 AM > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Defining password in ks.cfg > > > We are trying to uplevel our kickstart install from 6.2 to 7.2. We are, > however, having trouble defining the root password in ks.cfg. We are using > the same password as in the 6.2 ks.cfg, but 7.2 seems to truncate the > password to the 1st 8 characters. Is there a parameter that needs to be > passed when setting the password to go beyond 8 characters, or is something > else wrong. Please let me know. I have a quit long root password defined in my 7.2 ks.cfg and have had no problem. No special parameters, just: rootpw --iscrypted <cryptedpassword> -- Amy Tanner amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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