I thought about that... any maybe that is the case. Any idea how to test that out inside of anaconda? Perhaps I could just try the same command from another console. Cheers, Harry On 02/27/2013 11:31 AM, Chris Lumens wrote: >> I have a post install script to automagically change root's passwd to >> something random: >> echo "root:`cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 20 | head >> -1`" > /root/`hostname`.passwd && cat /root/`hostname`.passwd |chpasswd >> >> If I run this on the command line of a already installed system then the >> command executes as expected and returns me to my shell prompt >> >> When executed inside of the installer the system hangs. If I switch >> consoles to F2 I see the cat command as well as tr and fold all running. >> If i kill the cat command then the system finishes installing and reboots. >> >> I'm not sure why it's not working inside of the install environment but >> works in a installed environment. > > Perhaps you do not have enough entropy, so things are hung waiting for > more to appear so it can spit out more random numbers? > > - Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
