On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Robert Denton wrote: >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. Suggest you read the thread "encrypting passwords for rootpw" here: https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/kickstart-list/2003-January/thread.html To summarise, create [MD5] crypted passwords like this: $ openssl passwd -1 Password: menace (not echoed) $1$l3x.fg9z$Nps0q.xBjGF9oVMYoe7HB. Cheers, Phil P.S. Any password which appears in /usr/share/dict/words is asking for trouble.
