Below, I've included a portion of my autoinst.xml that sets up the password stuff. Why doesn't my root user get his password set? Am I missing something or specifying something incorrectly? <security> <console_shutdown>reboot</console_shutdown> <cwd_in_root_path>no</cwd_in_root_path> <cwd_in_user_path>no</cwd_in_user_path> <displaymanager_remote_access>no</displaymanager_remote_access> <enable_sysrq>no</enable_sysrq> <fail_delay>3</fail_delay> <faillog_enab>yes</faillog_enab> <gid_max>60000</gid_max> <gid_min>500</gid_min> <kdm_shutdown>root</kdm_shutdown> <lastlog_enab>yes</lastlog_enab> <obscure_checks_enab>no</obscure_checks_enab> <pass_max_days>99999</pass_max_days> <pass_max_len>16</pass_max_len> <pass_min_days>1</pass_min_days> <pass_min_len>6</pass_min_len> <pass_warn_age>14</pass_warn_age> <passwd_encryption>md5</passwd_encryption> <passwd_use_cracklib>yes</passwd_use_cracklib> <permission_security>secure</permission_security> <run_updatedb_as>nobody</run_updatedb_as> <system_gid_max>499</system_gid_max> <system_gid_min>100</system_gid_min> <system_uid_max>499</system_uid_max> <system_uid_min>100</system_uid_min> <uid_max>60000</uid_max> <uid_min>500</uid_min> </security> <users config:type="list"> <user> <username>root</username> <user_password>EE8863733EF4355A37D566F3DF2AD016</user_password> <encrypted config:type="boolean">true</encrypted> </user> -- Jeffrey Andrews <jandrews@lancope.com>