CreateUser.pkg – can’t get password to work properly

[alexjdale]

Hi folks,

I’ve been building base images with InstaDMG using the latest 10.6-compatible version, and for the life of me I simply can’t get CreateUser.pkg (1.03) to properly set the password of the local administrator account we use at my company. It creates the user account just fine, but the password never works.

I’ve tried setting it with the password_hash file, I’ve tried deleting the hash and using the USERDATA file to do it in plaintext, but it just isn’t happening. The only thing I can think of is that the password does use special characters (like a $) which could break something. Are some characters completely unsupported?

Thanks in advance!

[Rusty Myers]

There have been a few threads about ts issue in the past. I’ve used some special characters and can use ” (single quotes) to create a proper hash file. You may need to experiment a little bit to get it working. I can’t answer if there are or are not illegal characters. My password uses | and letters and numbers. Good luck!

[alexjdale]

Using single quotes around the password worked perfectly. Thanks!

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