Would getting the encrypted password from the /etc/shadow be the same as copying the encryption text from a manually created Kickstart Configuration file (meaning a KS.cfg file from a machine I created manually, including adding the user & password manually during the install). Just trying to understand the kickstart process better. Cheers, JJL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Create the user account and then run usermod: /usr/sbin/usermod -p '<encrypterd_password>' <userid> To get the encrypted password, create a user account temporarily on another machine, assign it the password, and get the encrypted password from /etc/shadow. Werner
