Hi, So I added the following in the passwd table. (Please note that I removed part of the hash)
#key,username,password,cryptmethod,authdomain,comments,disable "omapi","xcat_key","NUY4TWhCVnpkOWE5eVFQVWJ5QnJwOGxNY0FrbTY3MUY=",,,, "system","root","$6$rGLFuCxxxxxxxxx",,,, I still get the same error. in my template file, /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/centos/compute.centos7.tmpl, line 130 looks like the below. rootpw --iscrypted #CRYPT:passwd:key=system,username=root:password# what am I missing here ? thanks On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 1:20 PM Imam Toufique <techie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Casandra, > > this is what I have: > > [root@hpc3-xcat-1 xcat]# tabdump passwd > #key,username,password,cryptmethod,authdomain,comments,disable > "omapi","xcat_key","NUY4TWhCVnpkOWE5eVFQVWJ5QnJwOGxNY0FrbTY3MUY=",,,, > > I did not have a password set for root all this time. > > in version 2.16 , is this required now? How do I set a root password in > password table? > > thanks. > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 1:14 PM Casandra H Qiu <cxh...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > >> check the root passwd in the passwd table. >> >> tabdump passwd >> >> >> ................................................................... >> Casandra Hong Qiu >> Phone: (845) 433-9291, t/l 293-9291 >> Office: Building 8, 3-B-04 >> cxh...@us.ibm.com >> >> >> >> [image: Inactive hide details for Imam Toufique ---10/07/2020 04:05:17 >> PM---Hi, I just upgraded from 2.15 to the latest 2.16 version of]Imam >> Toufique ---10/07/2020 04:05:17 PM---Hi, I just upgraded from 2.15 to the >> latest 2.16 version of xcat and now I am >> >> From: Imam Toufique <techie...@gmail.com> >> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> >> Date: 10/07/2020 04:05 PM >> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [xcat-user] installs failing after upgrading to xcat >> 2.16 >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I just upgraded from 2.15 to the latest 2.16 version of xcat and now I am >> getting the following error message, when i try to build a system. >> >> Please see attached. >> >> here is error message, as I read from the console. >> >> A single argument is expected for the rootpw command. >> >> This is in /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/centos/compute.centos7.tmpl file >> and this is what line 129 looks like. this worked fine with xcat 2.15 . >> >> rootpw --iscrypted #CRYPT:passwd:key=system,username=root:password# >> >> Can you please give me a hand with this? >> >> thanks. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> *Imam Toufique* >> *213-700-5485[attachment "xcat_error.png" deleted by Casandra H >> Qiu/Poughkeepsie/IBM] *_______________________________________________ >> xCAT-user mailing list >> xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> xCAT-user mailing list >> xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user >> > > > -- > Regards, > *Imam Toufique* > *213-700-5485* > -- Regards, *Imam Toufique* *213-700-5485*
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