December 2004 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

SLES8 user setup failing with uid/gid/home
by Michael Czyz 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

I've been beating against this for almost a full day now and it defies any sense as far as i can tell. I can successfully create users without a problem, unless i try to specify a uid, gid, or home element. using the following config: <users config:type="list"> <user> <encrypted config:type="boolean">true</encrypted> <username>root</username> <user_password/> </user> <user> <encrypted config:type="boolean">false</encrypted> <username>eaws</username> <user_password>xxx</user_password> <forename>EA</forename> <surname>Admin</surname> <uid>1011</uid> </user> <user> <encrypted config:type="boolean">false</encrypted> <username>ftpuser</username> <user_password>xxx</user_password> <forename>FTP</forename> <surname>Account</surname> <gid>205</gid> <uid config:type="integer">480</uid> <home>/usr/ftproot/triggerjobs</home> </user> </users> i get errors on both the eaws and ftpuser users. for the eaws user: 2004-12-14 03:46:47 <3> wfgGCbase(495) [Interpreter] modules/UserWriteStack.ycp:152 Invalid initial value "1011" for variable uid, which has been declared as integer 2004-12-14 03:46:47 <3> wfgGCbase(495) [Interpreter] modules/UserWriteStack.ycp:157 [WFM] Undeclared variable uid etc.. for the ftpuser i get the same error message, even though i explicitly declare uid as integer. but i also get an error on the gid. this seems to get parsed correctly, and turned into the correct group name based on the gid (no integer problem there) but the useradd line that gets created contains: -G dialout,uucp,video,audio ftpuser, which causes an error because of the lack of , between audio and ftpuser i also sometimes seem to get an error creating the home directory specified above, but this seems to be intermitent. any ideas on why uid isn't treated as an integer, gid gets parsed but not added to the useradd correctly, or a home directory won't get created?

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Using only Linux partitions and blank space to autopartition
by Jesse Keating 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

Is there a partition <use></use> option to just reuse existing Linux partitions and blank space? Red Hat has this for kickstart, looking for the same with autoinstall. Thanks. Oh, target SUSE is SLES9 and SUSE Pro 9.2 -- Jesse Keating RHCE Pogo Linux -- Linux Systems Engineer tel: (888) 828-7646 ex: 436

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Own RPM's
by cozypaul＠web.de 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

Hi All, Finally works my server correct, thanx a lot for all :=)). Now i have another qestion, i'd like to install via autoyast my own RPM's, first idea was a postinstall script with wget URL && rpm -ihv, it works, but i want to integrate this packages (own RPM's) in my repository. Have anyone own good experinces with such a problem ? Thank you very much for any advice greetings Cozy Paul __________________________________________________________ Mit WEB.DE FreePhone mit hoechster Qualitaet ab 0 Ct./Min. weltweit telefonieren! http://freephone.web.de/?mc=021201

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custom kernel name
by Brian Corriveau 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

Hello, Our kernel is not normally called vmlinuz. I see when the installer is running a message flash by that says "cannot open kernel image /boot/vmlinuz". How can I customize the install data so that it uses a different name? thanks Brian

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HTTP Installationsource using Port other than 80????
by Clormann, Stefanie 13 Dec '04

13 Dec '04

Hi, I am using sles9 and i am trying to install via http port 8080. But it seems that it does not pick up the port. It gets the xml file but it cannot connet to the installationserver on port 8080 What`s wrong? Do I need a patch or something like that? My isolinux.cfg looks like that: label http kernel linux append initrd=initrd autoyast=http://IP:8080/workstation/autoyast/profile/autoinst.xml UseDHCP=1 Install=http://IP:8080/autoyast/ Please help me!!!! Thanks. Stefanie

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Repository...
by cozypaul＠web.de 13 Dec '04

13 Dec '04

Hi all, I would like to ask all, who can help.Can anyone please tell how to setup http or nfs repository. I've read a howto from Nashif 5 or 7 times. Maybe i'am making a mistake. The whole time a get the following message :"could not set base selection : default" . many greetings and thanks a lot Cozy Paul __________________________________________________________ Mit WEB.DE FreePhone mit hoechster Qualitaet ab 0 Ct./Min. weltweit telefonieren! http://freephone.web.de/?mc=021201

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SuSE 9.2: nbgrub, sata
by Martin Fischer 13 Dec '04

13 Dec '04

hiya @all, since suse 9.2 prof. i get in trouble with netbootgrub. tftpd do his job well.. after loading the kernel and initrd via netbootgrub no decompression starts.. no failure message, just nothing happens... suse 9.0 works fine with netbootgrub.. i disabled the 'grubstuff' in dhcpd.conf and configure a 'fall back' to pxelinux and this works fine with suse 9.2.. how can i fix this problem to get a running netbootgrub with suse 9.2? the second problem i have: i would like to install suse 9.2 on a sata-drive but autoyast fails, because autoyast can't find /dev/sda for formatting.. with suse 9.0 works everything fine (sata = ide-support = /dev/hda)... any ideas? -- regards Martin Fischer BCC Business Communication Company GmbH Mittelweg 7 38106 Braunschweig Tel. 0800/2223733 Fax 0531/383-4385 Communication for Your Business

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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Installing SLES 9 with autoyast
by Jochen Schaefer 13 Dec '04

13 Dec '04

Hi, it seems that the setup of your repository is wrong. But if you install vi HTTP you should see the missing parts for autoyast in a logfile of your webserver. Mostly /var/log/httpd/access.log with apache. >>> <cozypaul(a)web.de> 12/13/04 10:03 AM >>> Hi All, i' trying to install my SLES9 server. For this goal i've got two repositorys on the same server (NFS and HTTP). When i try to install via http each time i get an error message : "could not set base selection : default" I've thought ,that the xml file was corrupt and put this file on the floppy. After that i've started install from cdrom: install=cd autoyast=floppy:///autoinst.xml and it works ... Could anyone help me Greetings and thanx Cozy Paul __________________________________________________________ Mit WEB.DE FreePhone mit hoechster Qualitaet ab 0 Ct./Min. weltweit telefonieren! http://freephone.web.de/?mc=021201 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com

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Installing SLES 9 with autoyast
by cozypaul＠web.de 13 Dec '04

13 Dec '04

Hi All, i' trying to install my SLES9 server. For this goal i've got two repositorys on the same server (NFS and HTTP). When i try to install via http each time i get an error message : "could not set base selection : default" I've thought ,that the xml file was corrupt and put this file on the floppy. After that i've started install from cdrom: install=cd autoyast=floppy:///autoinst.xml and it works ... Could anyone help me Greetings and thanx Cozy Paul __________________________________________________________ Mit WEB.DE FreePhone mit hoechster Qualitaet ab 0 Ct./Min. weltweit telefonieren! http://freephone.web.de/?mc=021201

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Hardware detection
by wilhelm koestinger1 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

Hello! Is it possible to deactivate hardware autodetection during AutoYaST install? The installation process finds USB and wants to load the usb kernel module. Autoinstallation is interrupted because you have to confirm this step. Thats what i don't want to. Best Regards Wilhelm Koestinger ____________________________________________________ IT Specialist AIX / Linux, RHCE IBM Global Services - Integrated Technology Services IBM Austria 66/839 Maxglaner Hauptstrasse 72 A-5017 SALZBURG Email: wilhelm_koestinger(a)at.ibm.com Cellular: +43 (664) 618 5032 Phone: +43 (662) 8388 - 9201 Fax: +43 (662) 8388 - 9330

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