RHEL6: When using the sshpw option in Anaconda, I get connection refused on the installing OS

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Issue

When installing a new RHEL6 host, and you include the sshpw option in the kickstart file, anaconda doesn't accept incoming connections on port 22.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6)
  • Kickstart installation (regardless of installation medium)

  • Kickstart entry similar to

sshpw --username=install JJne883LneS --iscrypted

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