<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=921091116-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks, I will fix my kickstart file and try again :)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Tim Wood [mailto:tim.wood@datawranglers.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 18, 2008 5:22 PM<BR><B>To:</B> fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] custom spin: %post section not being executed<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Don, /home/fedora doesn't exist until boot. The standard way to add something to a user folder is to add it to /etc/skel (in post for instance). To add fedora user to sudoers, enable wheel in /etc/sudo (or /etc/sudoers ... away from my linux box) and then add fedora to the wheel group in /etc/groups<BR><BR>Tim<BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:DON.RAIKES@ORACLE.COM">DON.RAIKES@ORACLE.COM</A> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:04b0e859-4f82-4b1f-9143-1d56e231be2c@default type="cite"><META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am working on a custom spin of fedora 9.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>so far I can get the basic cd created.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have added several sections to my %post section of my custom kickstart file.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>For example:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>%post</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>cat > /home/fedora/.exrc << EOF</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>set ai ic ts=2 tw=80</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>EOF</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>%end</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>When the cd is created the /home/fedora/.exrc file does not exist.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do the scripts in my %post section preceed or follow those in the fedora-live-base.ks assuming that I have </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>%include fedora-live-base.ks</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>at the top of my kickstart file?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=343432023-18072008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also, how can I add the fedora user to the sudoers list so it has sudo privilleges?</FONT></SPAN></DIV><PRE wrap=""><HR width="90%" SIZE=4>--mailing list<A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:Fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com">Fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com</A><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list</A> </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><PRE class=moz-signature cols="72">--Wood, CLP, RHCT(tel)Data Wranglers Database & more since since 1994<A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="http://www.datawranglers.com">www.datawranglers.com</A></PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>