semi linux wrote:

Sorry, should have specified - I'm using kickstart to load my machine(s).

On 9/4/07, semi linux linuxsemi@gmail.com wrote:

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Is there some kind of caveat to using the rootpw --iscrypted directive and then specifying a graphical install?

I'm able to do this with no prompts.

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I always seem to get the prompt coming up... If I remove the graphical and do a text install, it works fine and if I remove the --iscrypted and put a plain-text password in there, it works as well.

What do you mean "remove the graphical" -- as far as I can tell, it's graphical by default. The absence of the word "text" means it'll do a graphical install.

When you get a prompt, what is it asking for? Do you have a line for "auth" or "authconfig"? (In general, make sure you have all the required directives like "lang", "keyboard", etc.)

johnn

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

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:

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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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On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Stephen Harris wrote:

The traditional crypt strings are from a limited set 64 characters and are always 13 characters long. GNU libc can use md5 based encryption (the first 3 characters are $1$ and are up to 34 characters in length) but are still from the character set [a-zA-Z0-9./]

The openssl binary can easily create a shadow-compatible hash for you:

openssl passwd -1

Sorry for the delay - I got pulled off to another cirtical project for a while. Thanks for the info on crypt guys...

I still haven't solved this problem... I've tried mulitple different copies of the string - and it is the complete string. The next thing I'm going to try is a different password altogether... are there any other suggestions?

- Gareth

On 9/7/07, Johnn Tan linuxweb@gmail.com wrote:

semi linux wrote:

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The only thin I can think of is that maybe my crypted

password

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contains an escape sequence that might not be properly

handled in

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anaconda?

The crypted password might end on a character like '/' or '.' -- are you grabbing the complete string?

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