How to change the root password in SHA-512 format using Red Hat Satellite

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

Changing the root password on multiple systems can be an intensive and error prone manual process.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7+
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.6
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.7

NOTE: Red Hat Satellite 6 does not currently support remote command execution. Please see the following solution for details: How do I execute remote commands or scripts in clients registered to Red Hat Satellite 6?

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