Questions about user entry in ks.cfg file.

[Hristov, Georgi]

Just add the users in the %post via the normal Linux useradd command.
All works fine and well. Instead of doing that complicated sed of the
sudoers file, just append the line you need to the end of it.

-Georgi

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Petro
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 2:09
To: Discussion list about Kickstart
Subject: Re: Questions about user entry in ks.cfg file.

So no ideas here?

Petro wrote:
> I am trying to add a small number of users in a ks.cfg such that they 
> are also in the "wheel" group so that
> 
> user --name=petro --groups="petro,wheel" 
> --password="$1$v4X7IlXv$fPls90.jmAV0Z/z..vZKj0" --iscrypted
> 
> <and three more>
> 
> Then in the %post section I:
> mv /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers_orig
> cat /etc/sudoers_orig | sed 's/#
%wheel.*ALL$/%wheel\tALL=(ALL)\tALL/g' 
>  > /etc/sudoers
> chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers
> 
> I've tried this with various shiazit in the groups= bits, but it only 
> seems to modify/edit the /etc/passwd (e.g. petro:500:10:...) file, not

> /etc/group and /etc/gshadow.
> 
> So ultimately my goal is met--I can add these users such that they can

> use sudo, but it just doesn't seem to be right.
> 
> Is this correct behavior? This certainly isn't what the documentation 
> would lead me to believe.
> 
> Regards,
> Petro.
> 
> P.S. cat /etc/redhat-release
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.1 (Tikanga)
> 
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