Hi Binard, I was having this exact same problem last week. The files themselves are in Sysvinit and setup packages, however it is the authconfig package that I believe you may be missing. Feel free to contact me if you'd like some more information. Zack Bartel Tectura Tel: 425-957-4237 -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Binand Sethumadhavan Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 11:52 AM To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: /etc/shadow OK, this is stumping me. Where does /etc/shadow get created? I can see that the setup package includes /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow as %ghost, so when are these files created during install? I am having trouble with a custom install in which /etc/shadow is missing. I'm trying to see why by comparing with a working system. TIA, Binand _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list