encrypt password for Kickstart

[Allen K. Smith]

openssl passwd -1


On Jan 7, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Kipp, Jim wrote:

> Hi
> I am preparing a kickstart cfg file for RHEL4.  I would like to  
> encrypt
> the root password using md5.
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> "rootpw --iscrypted xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
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> What is the recommended method for creating the MD5 hash to use in the
> above line in the cfg file?
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> I checked the RH docs for kickstart but did not find anything  
> pertaining
> to this.
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> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Jim
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