Re: /etc/shadow

[Joshua Jensen <jjensen cisco com>]

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 07:45:25AM -0700, Bartel, Zack wrote:
> Hi Binard,
> 
> I was having this exact same problem last week. The files themselves are
> in Sysvinit and setup packages, however it is the authconfig package
> that I believe you may be missing. Feel free to contact me if you'd like
> some more information.


I 2nd this.  Are you installing with "%packages --nobase" ?  Anaconda 
needs authconfig to create /etc/shadow.  Future versions of anaconda 
will force install authconfig, regardless package selection.  For now, 
just make sure authconfig gets installed.

Joshua


> 
> 
> 
> Zack Bartel
> Tectura
> Tel:      425-957-4237
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kickstart-list-bounces redhat com
> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces redhat com] On Behalf Of Binand
> Sethumadhavan
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 11:52 AM
> To: kickstart-list redhat com
> Subject: /etc/shadow
> 
> OK, this is stumping me.
> 
> Where does /etc/shadow get created? I can see that the setup package
> includes /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow as %ghost, so when are these
> files created during install?
> 
> I am having trouble with a custom install in which /etc/shadow is
> missing. I'm trying to see why by comparing with a working system.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Binand
> 
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