Questions about user entry in ks.cfg file.

Petro petro at bounty.org
Sat May 31 07:09:19 UTC 2008


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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