At 08:37 AM 10/9/2015, you wrote: >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. Interesting thought. I'm trying it and will report results on the list. David