> Michael DeHaan wrote:
> > Dustin Black wrote:
> >
> >> How about simply generating a random password at RPM installation
> time, and noting strongly in the comments of the default kickstart
> files that it is so?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > The issue I have is that I don't think all of our users are clueful
> > enough on how to replace the password hash.
> >
>
> Slight reading comprehension error on my part. Yes, this is doable, but
> we still need a way to retrieve what the password used was, which gets
> complicated. It also leaves the user without a way to log in on a
> "stock" install.
>
> I spend a lot of time doing IRC support, so solutions that are obvious
> out of the box are preferred, so we don't have to keep answering the "I
> can't log in" problem. So this may involve a more complicated solution,
> and at that point, perhaps it's best solved by site-specific
> policy/plans.
>
> Shipping a snippet to create a random password is reasonable and
> probably a good thing to do -- enabling it by default, not so sure.
>

IMHO: enabling by default is not a good idea so I'm with Michael. The snippet 
approach suits my environment just fine.

/marcel

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