Can you set a blank root passwd with a kickstart file?

[John Summerfield]

Klaus Steden wrote:
> I don�t believe so, but you could stick a �passwd �d root� in the �<post>�
> section of your Kickstart file to clobber it during the tail end of
> installation.
> 
> cheers,
> Klaus
> 
> On 6/25/08 2:30 PM, "niall el-assaad" <niallel at gmail.com>did etch on stone
> tablets:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a way of setting the "rootpw" entry so that there is no root
>> password.
>>
>> I want to make the iso install completely and then ask the user to change the
>> root password on first login.
>>
>> So they would just enter
>> login: root
>>
>> then it will ask them to change their password.

I would have thought setting it to some known constant, eg "toor" would 
work as well.

I'm not sure that Klaus' idea with passwd works, but for sure both sed 
and perl can do it. As can vim:
ex /etc/passwd -c '/root/ s/:x:/::/' -c :wq





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