Am Donnerstag, den 15.10.2009, 04:17 +0200 schrieb David Mehler: > Hello, > I'm trying to do an unattended CentOS 5.3 install. For the most part > it's working. As of right now i'm statically assigning the machine an > IP which i believe will allow %post to resolve names? I also like > knowing where the box will show up. > I am however having a few issues and I'm probably thinking to > complicated on them. My first one is the fact that updates aren't > working from %post. Under the assumption name resolution is working, > see above with the static configuration, the issue is then most likely > importing of gpg keys. I've got these lines in %post: > > # GPG keys > echo "Importing GPG keys ..." > rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY* Wich keys are that? You don't need that for the standard repos. > /usr/bin/yum -y update The yum is obsolete use the repo kickstart feature instead. > When they're uncommented the box hangs, i'd love to see output. Change to vt3, manually by using Alt+F3, automatic by using "chvt 3" as first line in %post > My second issue is a cosmetic one. I want to set a standard prompt in > /etc/bashrc. Out of the box the bashrc PS1 lines: > > if [ "$PS1" ]; then > [ "$PS1" = "\\s-\\v\\\$ " ] && PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ " > > I have to make changes to that second line so a sed substitution > would probably be my best bet. I'm not sure how to grab the part i > need and change it. Manually i change that line to: > > PS1='\u@\h:\w\$' > > I'd like to get %post to do that for me. Well sed is a choice or patch or maybe replace the file all together. > Next, i'd like to alter /boot/grub/grub.conf. I want to set it up for > serial terminal support, so i have to add a serial and terminal lines > at the top of the file say after any comment blocks that might or > might not be there plus add console=tty0 and/or console=ttyS0,9600n8 > to the append lines to however many kernels are there. Again, i'm > assuming sed but i'm not sure how to get the parts i need and edit. If you use the serial console already at installation everything will be done for you. Appends will be automatically set and dealt with on kernel updates. > I want to do other things, mostly with security, increasing password > complexity requirements and pam, but that should be easy once i figure > out how to alter the right sections in files. Any help appreciated. > Thanks. > Dave. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos financial.com AG Munich head office/Hauptsitz München: Maria-Probst-Str. 19 | 80939 München | Germany Frankfurt branch office/Niederlassung Frankfurt: Messeturm | Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49 | 60327 Frankfurt | Germany Management board/Vorstand: Dr. Steffen Boehnert | Dr. Alexis Eisenhofer | Dr. Yann Samson | Matthias Wiederwach Supervisory board/Aufsichtsrat: Dr. Dr. Ernst zur Linden (chairman/Vorsitzender) Register court/Handelsregister: Munich – HRB 128 972 | Sales tax ID number/St.Nr.: DE205 370 553