Our user configuration for Kickstart is as follows: # config section auth --useshadow --enablemd5 rootpw --iscrypted xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx user nttuser --fullname "xxxx user" --iscrypted --password xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
And we don't notice any problems with the creation of the shadow file. Perhaps this is now fixed? -- shadow passwords not enabled (no rootpw) https://launchpad.net/bugs/48918 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs