I am trying to use the kickstart post installation script to create a user _with_ a password. I have tried: useradd -G root -p menace phantom To create a user by the name of phantom with a the password menace. This didn't work and after a review of the man page associated with useradd, it would seem that if you are going to include the password in this command you need to supply it in an encrypted form (with crypt(3)) and I am not quite certain how to do that. I also considered going the other route: useradd -G root phantom passwd phantom But that requires further interaction and this doesn't seem to be possible in a kickstart post installation script. Has anyone tried this at all? I would appreciate any advice regarding the best way to do this. Thanks In Advance, Robert
