<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> You can also use the following scripts to generate hash strings on the fly: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://sial.org/howto/perl/password-crypt/">http://sial.org/howto/perl/password-crypt/</a> - Matt Alan McKay wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:844129e80909280800o36d312a5pc4bc52acc0b9a57e@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">* add a user (for some reason I get a prompt for root password but no user creation). Do I have to use firstboot for this ? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I do this in my kickstart %post and it works fine /usr/sbin/adduser amckay -p '$1$SGsRpvZG$4JInUk0a.zIoUhboL39v./' To get the encrypted string just take it from an existing password file. </pre> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Fahrner 2 South Park St. Director of Infrastructure Architecture Willis House Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Lebanon, N.H. 03766 Tel: (609) 387-7800 x5150 USA Fax: (603) 443-6190 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Matt.Fahrner@COAT.COM">Matt.Fahrner@COAT.COM</a> --------------------------------------------------------------------- </pre> </body> </html>