How To Add a User During Kickstart

Adding a user during kickstart: /usr/sbin/useradd username /usr/sbin/usermod -p ‘<encrypterd_password>’ <username> Making encrypted passwords: $ openssl passwd -1 Password: secret! $1$ZhEKgpbS$KtmSr63TRqGQ1NcGXCaR01 Openssl only asks once, so you might want to verify the output: (notice the salt is between the second and third $ signs) $ openssl passwd -1 -salt ZhEKgpbS Password: secret! $1$ZhEKgpbS$KtmSr63TRqGQ1NcGXCaR01 Thanks Phil … Read more

PXE Server Setup – whitepaper

Linux PXE Server This whitepaper will describe how to set up a pxe server. Hardware Required: HP ProLiant Server, 1 or 2 Network ports, disk space on the network for ISO images. The software components that make up a pxe server are the dhcp server and the tftp server. These components can be on separate … Read more