On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 discip@pjm.com wrote:

is there a way to set root's password throught autoinstall.xml? I put a stanza in for root, but it doesnt seem to take. If I try to do it with the gui, it tells me the user-defs conflict with an already existing user.

Here is what works for me: <users config:type="list"> <user> <encrypted config:type="boolean">true</encrypted> <fullname>root er sjef</fullname> <gid>0</gid> <home>/root</home> <password_settings> <expire></expire> <flag></flag> <inact></inact> <max>10000</max> <min>0</min> <warn></warn> </password_settings> <shell>/bin/bash</shell> <uid>0</uid> <user_password>INSERT MD5-STRING OR EQUIV HERE</user_password> <username>root</username> </user> </users> Note that you use the encrypted string, not the actual password. Bjørn -- Bjørn Tore Sund Phone: (+47) 555-84894 Stupidity is like a System administrator Fax: (+47) 555-89672 fractal; universal and Math. Department Mobile: (+47) 918 68075 infinitely repetitive. University of Bergen VIP: 81724 Support: http://bs.uib.no Contact: teknisk@mi.uib.no Direct: bjornts@mi.uib.no