[Fedora-livecd-list] root passwd reset to blank when running livecd-creator with --base-on flag

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

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Elias Hunt wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Thanks to the switch to the Fedora 7 base I’ve been able to get much
> farther in livecd creation. However I’m not having a problem where after
> creating my initial image, I run a –base-on instance with a custom
> package that assigns local settings and a root user password. At the end
> of each run I see a flag go by that says “Removing password for user
> root”. Sure enough that is happening. I can’t find anywhere in my custom
> package that would be doing it, so I have to assume it’s the
> livecd-creator application at the end of its run. Is there a way to
> disable that? Or a method other than a script within an RPM that would
> be preferred for this?
> 

livecd-creator is using the kickstart object values for determining
whether to set the root password from an encrypted value or from
plaintext, and if no kickstart object value is available, removes the
root password.

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen
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