Article 5KBKQ Kickstart Problem with Rhel5

Kickstart Problem with Rhel5

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yelirt5
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Good day folks,

I'm having an issue modifying an existing kickstart for a RHEL5 system. The problem is with encrypting the password.

I'm copying the existing kickstart and using Redhat's online kickstart generator (for RHEL5) to hash the password and am replacing that hash with the one configured in the original. The system loads up fine but when it gets to a login prompt I can't login as root or as the user I've created.

One thing I've noticed that I'm not sure about is the hash for the passwords in the original ks.cfg file is much longer than the one I'm getting from the online generator.

I'm at a loss as to why this isn't working. The original hash works fine. The hash I'm replacing doesn't. I'm not even sure if anything is being logged (or where) so that I can tell where it's going off the rails.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA latest?i=ZWC4nujhE8g:VCFKsAFPzzA:F7zBnMy latest?i=ZWC4nujhE8g:VCFKsAFPzzA:V_sGLiP latest?d=qj6IDK7rITs latest?i=ZWC4nujhE8g:VCFKsAFPzzA:gIN9vFwZWC4nujhE8g
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