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[opensuse-autoinstall] NFS mount fails on NFSv3-only server
by Joschi Brauchle 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Hello everyone, I am trying to serve an NFS repository from an NFSv3-only server, i.e. on the server I set VERSION_LIST="-2 +3 -4" and pass "--no-nfs-version 2 --no-nfs-version 4" to the nfs daemon. Now I have specified the boot option install=nfs://<server-ip>/<path-to-repo> and this fails on the client with a message "unknown error". When I use wireshark to debug the problem, I see that the server responds to the client's mount request with: "Accept State: remote can't support version # (2)" Is there any possibility to pass the NFS version along with the install parameter? Best regards, J Brauchle

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[opensuse-autoinstall] signing a driverupdate file
by Jochen Schaefer 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Hi list, is there any description how to sign a driverupdate file to get rid of the "file not signed" message? I'm aware of the insecure=1 parameter but would rather sign the repository or driverupdate file. Thanks, Jochen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] yast2-transfer and DIGEST Auth
by Jochen Schaefer 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Hi, I tried to setup an automated installation via autoyast and digest authentication. I faced the same problem as with client-certificates. apache2 error.log: Digest: client used wrong authentication scheme `Basic': /lh/xml/0 ... yast2-transfer is using libcurl and is using basic auth per default. No possibility to change that. @Uwe - another point which should be considered with libcurl. Applications like wget decide on type of challenge which encoding scheme to use. May be it could be implemented that way. Best Regards, Jochen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Installation via HTTPS client certificate
by Jochen Schaefer 27 Jul '11

27 Jul '11

Hi list, I'm trying an auto installation (SLES11-SP1) via HTTPS and authentication with client certificates. To achieve this I copied CA certificate and client certificate into initrd, executed c_rehash and edited /root/.curlrc within initrd to know about the certificates: --capath = /etc/ssl/certs/ --cert = /etc/ssl/client/xyz profile is specified like https://10.1.1.1/xml/ Unfortunately yast is still not able to fetch the profile. When I do an ssh based installation ending up in the dialog where yast failes I'm able to get the profile from a second ssh console via curl without specifying any cert parameters: curl https://10.1.1.1/xml/default shows the content of default file. A check from outside the installation environment without specifying a certificate fails with SSL Handshake error and proves that the virtual host configuration seems ok. The opposite check where I provided certificate parameters to curl from outside worked as well. /var/log/YaST/y2log within installation environment shows: CurlConfig.cc(parseConfig):44 Going to parse /root/.curlrc 2011-07-26 06:17:00 <1> 10.0.4.96(3544) [zypp++] CurlConfig.cc(parseConfig):106 GOT: capath 2011-07-26 06:17:00 <1> 10.0.4.96(3544) [zypp++] CurlConfig.cc(setParameter):178 Ignoring option capath 2011-07-26 06:17:00 <1> 10.0.4.96(3544) [zypp++] CurlConfig.cc(parseConfig):106 GOT: cert 2011-07-26 06:17:00 <1> 10.0.4.96(3544) [zypp++] CurlConfig.cc(setParameter):178 Ignoring option cert which leads to the assumption that yast is not considering options from /root/.curlrc? Does anybody know how to configure yast/curl to accept parameters from .curlrc? Another attempt could be to use aria2c within initrd since following line is displayed in y2log: aria2c not found. Falling back to curl But will yast consider any certificate parameters for aria2c or will I end with the same problem finally? Thanks, Jochen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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RE: [opensuse-autoinstall] Specifying a local (i.e. on DVD) Add-On Repository in add_on_products.xml for SLES 11 SP1
by Jason Babicka 27 Jul '11

27 Jul '11

> on Monday, July 25, 2011 Uwe Gansert wrote: > > You can also try to specify the add-on in the autoyast XML file instead of the > add_on_products.xml file Just add: > > <add-on> > <add_on_products config:type="list"> > <listentry> > <media_url>cd:///updates</media_url> > <product>SuSE-Linux-Updates</product> > <product_dir>/</product_dir> > <name>MyUpdates</name> > </listentry> > </add_on_products> > </add-on> > > and remove the add_on_products.xml > There is a bug in SP1 that relurl will not work in the autoyast XML file. It only > works with the add_on_products.xml So you don't have to try relurl with the > XML above. Uwe, I tried this suggestion. In my testing I think that specifying the add-on product location in the autoinstall.xml file instead of in the add_on_products.xml file should allow me to get the results that I want. Thank you for this suggestion. -Jason This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] Prevent manual installation after interruption of autoyast
by Jochen Schaefer 26 Jul '11

26 Jul '11

Hi Steffen, I now managed the desired behaviour via the setupcmd parameter. It calls a wrapper script which executes the setcsid `console` ... command and checks /etc/yast.inf in a while loop for the "Aborted" entry. If the entry exists a reboot -f ensures that no manual interaction can be done at console anymore. Thanks again for this nice hint. Now the only problem left is to induce yast/curl/aira2c to use client certificate based authentication. But this is another topic. Jochen >>> Steffen Winterfeldt 07/25/11 3:30 PM >>> Hi Jochen, On Mon, 25 Jul 2011, Jochen Schaefer wrote: > Hi Steffen, > > do you know where to find some documentation about yast.inf? Old linuxrc versions used to have some bits about it: http://www.gitorious.org/opensuse/linuxrc/blobs/sl_10.1/README.linuxrc Newer yast variants write 'abort: 1' to differentiate between crash & user abort. One more things: yast exit code is 0 (install ok) vs. !=0 (crash, abort). Steffen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] Setting environment variable for installation
by Jochen Schaefer 26 Jul '11

26 Jul '11

Thanks Uwe, that sounds easy. Jochen >>> Uwe Gansert 07/26/11 2:59 PM >>> on Tuesday 26 July 2011 Jochen Schaefer wrote: > I need to set an environment variable which should be present within the > installation environment. > Is there any cmd line option which can fulfill that? actually every variable you pass on the command line to linuxrc ends as an environment variable. At least in yast but for some reason not on the shell on tty2 for example and not for the shell on tty1 either if you login via ssh. so if you do "autoyast=.... install=.... myvar=uwe" then you should get a variable $myvar Steffen, is it on purpose that the ttyX shells don't get the variable? -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer Home: http://www.suse.de/~ug - Blog: http://suse.gansert.net listening to: "My Despair" by In Strict Confidence -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] Prevent manual installation after interruption of autoyast
by Jochen Schaefer 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

Hi Steffen, do you know where to find some documentation about yast.inf? Thanks, Jochen >>> Steffen Winterfeldt 07/25/11 12:11 PM >>> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011, Jochen Schaefer wrote: > I have two questions so far regarding AutoYaST with SLES11-SP1 initrd: > 1. is it possible to stop an installation when somebody interrupts the autoyast process by > pressing 'Abort' or similar things. We need to prevent users proceeding with manual installation You could use the setupcmd boot option which specifies the exact yast start command. The default is setupcmd="setctsid `showconsole` inst_setup yast". You could append something like "; halt -f" to it to shut the machine down (for example) or add some script via dud or directly to the initrd to execute after yast. Note that yast talks via /etc/yast.inf to linuxrc. You might look there to decide if yast terminated normally or the user aborted. > 2. how can I disable other tty's except the installation screen? I need to prevent console > logins at a second console. > I didn't find /etc/inittab within the initrd of the installation medium. noshell=1 Steffen -- Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you. (chimp Nim, using sign language) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] Prevent manual installation after interruption of autoyast
by Jochen Schaefer 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

Hi Steffen, thanks a lot. That sounds very useful. Jochen >>> Steffen Winterfeldt 07/25/11 12:11 PM >>> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011, Jochen Schaefer wrote: > I have two questions so far regarding AutoYaST with SLES11-SP1 initrd: > 1. is it possible to stop an installation when somebody interrupts the autoyast process by > pressing 'Abort' or similar things. We need to prevent users proceeding with manual installation You could use the setupcmd boot option which specifies the exact yast start command. The default is setupcmd="setctsid `showconsole` inst_setup yast". You could append something like "; halt -f" to it to shut the machine down (for example) or add some script via dud or directly to the initrd to execute after yast. Note that yast talks via /etc/yast.inf to linuxrc. You might look there to decide if yast terminated normally or the user aborted. > 2. how can I disable other tty's except the installation screen? I need to prevent console > logins at a second console. > I didn't find /etc/inittab within the initrd of the installation medium. noshell=1 Steffen -- Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you. (chimp Nim, using sign language) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Prevent manual installation after interruption of autoyast
by Jochen Schaefer 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

Hi list, I have two questions so far regarding AutoYaST with SLES11-SP1 initrd: 1. is it possible to stop an installation when somebody interrupts the autoyast process by pressing 'Abort' or similar things. We need to prevent users proceeding with manual installation 2. how can I disable other tty's except the installation screen? I need to prevent console logins at a second console. I didn't find /etc/inittab within the initrd of the installation medium. Thanks, Jochen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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