[CentOS] Re: rootpw and graphical mode?

[Alfred von Campe]

I use rootpw --iscrypted with my kickstart installs in graphical mode  
all the time.  Here is the first section of my kickstart file:

# Start of snip
install
url --url http://centosmirror/
lang en_US.UTF-8
langsupport --default=en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
keyboard us
xconfig --resolution 1600x1200 --depth 24 --startxonboot  -- 
defaultdesktop gnome
network --device=eth0 --bootproto=dhcp  --hostname myhost
rootpw --iscrypted **********************************
firewall --enabled --trust=eth0 --port=22:tcp --port=80:tcp
selinux --disabled
authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 --enablenis -- 
nisdomain=mydomain --nisserver=nisname
timezone America/New_York
bootloader --location=mbr --append="rhgb quiet"
clearpart --all --drives=sda --initlabel
part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=sda
part pv.2 --size=0 --grow --ondisk=sda
volgroup VolGroup00 --pesize=32768 pv.2
logvol swap     --fstype swap --name=LogVol00 --vgname=VolGroup00 -- 
size=1000 --grow --maxsize=3000
logvol /        --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol01 --vgname=VolGroup00 -- 
size=1024 --grow --maxsize=40000
logvol /scratch --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol02 --vgname=VolGroup00 -- 
size=1024 --grow
shutdown
# End of snip

Hope this helps,
Alfred