Op 9-okt.-2015 17:17 schreef david <david at daku.org>: > > Folks > > I have several remotely-located servers, donated by folks not all of > whom are computer geeks, let-alone Linux aware. In earlier versions > of Centos, I directed them to perform a minimal NetInstall (not too > difficult to direct over the phone), and then issue two commands > after the first boot. One was a 'curl' to download a script of mine, > and the second was a dot-command to run it. A few reboots followed > in close succession, and I directed them to logon as root, and issue > a simple dot-command. The personal intervention ended usually within > an hour, since I had ssh access to the system and root, and could > complete the installation and tailoring completely remotely. I would > only need their intervention in the case of problems. In many cases, > I've not needed to invoke that help for a year or more. > > This scheme worked well until I decided to add support of graphical > desktops on the systems in Centos 7, as I had in Centos 6. Once > those packages were installed, further non-intuitive on-site > intervention was required at next reboot to approve licenses. Remote > ssh logins didn't work until that was done. > > These licenses needed to be approved on the local console. This is > quite annoying and places more demands upon my remote friend. In > some cases, the console and keyboard had been removed and the box had > been placed in the closet. > > I am seeking a way to reduce or eliminate this annoyance. The best > would be to find some way to 'pre-approve' the license agreement in > my customizing scripts. Failing that, it would be nice to be able to > approve these scripts from a remote ssh logon. I am reluctant to > deploy Centos 7 without GUI support (I use x2go sometimes), and am > thus reluctant to deploy centos 7 at this point. > > Advice and comments welcome > > David > San Francisco > > Hello, is switching to Mate an option for you? Greetings, j. _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos