Why is net-tools package installed automatically on the guest of VMware in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 installation

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • net-tools package was installed automatically during Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7installation with kickstart.
  • Using the same kickstart file, net-tools package was not installed on some guests which were not managed by VMware host.
  • So, it seems that this problem always happens on VMware guest.
  • The following is the %packages section in the kickstart. net-tools is not specified in it.
%packages
@core
bind-utils
dhclient
ntp
perl
sssd
sysfsutils
wget
yum
sysstat
nfs-utils
sos
zip
unzip
vim
rng-tools
%end

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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