RE: encrypting passwords for rootpw

["Skahan, Vince" <vince skahan boeing com>]

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Which way depends on whether you have md5 password encryption set or not, the encrypted password schemes are different.  I get the string the low-tech way, by setting root's password on a matching system and cutting/pasting the encrypted password out of /etc/shadow.

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-----Original Message-----
From: McCanta, Jay [mailto:mccantaj amgen com]
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 9:19 AM
To: 'kickstart-list redhat com'
Subject: encrypting passwords for rootpw

 

We build ks.cfg files on the fly, generate a floppy and hand that off for installation.  How can I generate the encrypted password for the rootpw option?  I don't want to put the plain text version in the floppy because the people doing the install should not have the root password.  Different systems have different root passwords and I want to generate it as we build the ks.cfg.

 

Jay McCanta
Amgen
Seattle, WA
206-265-4049