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Should root and 'admin' password be expired during kickstart?
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SB-237, a law passed in California, contains the following text:
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(b) Subject to all of the requirements of subdivision (a), if a connected
device is equipped with a means for authentication outside a local area
network, it shall be deemed a reasonable security feature under subdivision
(a) if either of the following requirements are met:
(1) The preprogrammed password is unique to each device manufactured.
(2) The device contains a security feature that requires a user to generate a
new means of authentication before access is granted to the device for the
first time.
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Many sample kickstart files have template credentials. For example:
https://github.com/ComplianceAsCode/content/blob/master/rhel8/kickstart/ssg-rhel8-ospp-ks.cfg#L55#L65
Per an idea from Steve Grubb, should we include "passwd -e" for those accounts, perhaps in the %post section?
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