Re: Adding users in %pre section of the kickstart file

["Cipriano Groenendal" <cipri campai nl>]

> We are installing a package during the installation of
> the Linux machine using the kickstart file.
> But a pre-requisite for the package installation is
> that an useraccount has to be present.
> Can we add an /usr/sbin/useradd command in the %pre
> section of the kickstart file ?
> Will this resolve the problem. Is there any better way
> of achieving the same ?
In the %pre section the system doesn't exist yet, AFAIK. You thus can't run
commands for the simple reason that nothing is installed yet.
A better sollution would be to simply use the RPM's ``%pre'' section to do
this. It's bene some time since I've worked with SPEC files, but IIRC, there
is a way you can run commands before the RPM is installed.

Cipri