able to login as root via ssh :-(

[William Hooper]

Don Russell wrote:
[snip]
> In order for a remote system to be in a state that remote access is even
> possible, there must be an OS already running. In order to install the
> first OS, physical access to the box must be required. It has to be
> physically connected etc. At the very least the power has to be turned
> on.. it might then proceed to do a network install...
>
> At that first install time is when a second user id should be created....

Non-root users are creating doing firstboot, not during the install.  If
you aren't there to go through the firstboot process, you can't create any
users other than via root.

I don't recall off the top of my head what kickstart lets you do with
respect to user creation.  It is conceivable that using kickstart to do a
PXE install will leave a headless machine with no way to access it except
via a root ssh session.

-- 
William Hooper