Why does Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Kickstart installation fail with message "no such option: --gid"?

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Issue

  • In the kickstart file, the following line is mentioned.
user --name=testuser --password=redhat --uid=1030 --gid=1030
  • The installer complains about the same with the following error.
no such option: --gid

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Kickstart Installation.

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