For whatever reason, this just does not want to work for me...
I get my crypted password from the /etc/shadow file and copy it directly into the ks file. I've done this ~ 6-8 times now, resetting the root password, copying it and trying to kickstart from it - no change. (I thought there was only one right answer, but if I reset my password and type the same thing, the crypted string changes slightly everytime.)
Anaconda still prompts me for the password no matter what.
If I change it to a plain text password, it works. If I use the non-graphical install, it works.
I've even deleted the lines to make sure I don't have any special characters in there...
The only thin I can think of is that maybe my crypted password contains an escape sequence that might not be properly handled in anaconda?
I'm completely stumped.
- G.
On 9/6/07, Johnn Tan linuxweb@gmail.com wrote:
semi linux wrote:
Here is the relevant section of the kickstart: (does prompt for pw):
lang en_US keyboard us timezone America/Los_Angeles --utc rootpw textpw # rootpw --iscrypted *********************** reboot logging --level=debug graphical # text install autostep --autoscreenshot driverdisk --type=ext2 --source=http://****/3w9650SE-x86_64-9.4.1.1.img url --url http://*****/CentOS5 bootloader --location=mbr --append="crashkernel=256M@16M" zerombr clearpart --all --initlabel part swap --recommended --ondisk=sda part /boot --fstype "ext3" --ondisk=sda --size 200 part / --fstype "ext3" --ondisk=sda --size 100000 auth --useshadow --enablemd5 network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0 --hostname=temp --onboot=yes --noipv6 firewall --disabled selinux --disabled xconfig --defaultdesktop=gnome --startxonboot --resolution=1024x768 --depth=32
If I uncomment these lines and re-comment their counterparts, then is prompts.
- The prompt is the default password prompt.
- The auth line is in there.
- I don't necessarily need graphical but it's a whole lot nicer due to
the screenshots provided
Any other hints or suggestions?
Looks about right. Where are you getting the crypted root pw? Are you sure it's valid/complete?
Other than that, I don't have any other suggestions.
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