Require user account setup during kickstart install before %post?

[Pushpendra Chavan]

Hi,

You can do it as well.

Just create that file in %pre section and then instead of using it in
%post, use the following line in ks

%include /path/to/file

Please make sure you have the file /path/to/file written in appropriate
Kickstart format.

%pre section can be utilized to properly format it with user entered
username and password.

Regards,
Pushpendra Chavan.



On Tue, Jun 29, 2021, 7:27 PM Andrew Simpson <simpsonar77 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for that.  I have done something similar, but all in the %post.
> I was hoping that there was a way to force the user to use the UI to enter
> username and password, though.
>
> I suppose moving this to %pre would then allow me to "set" the user
> account in the main kickstart section using 'user ---name .....'
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 1:15 AM Pushpendra Chavan <
> chavanpushpendra at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You can write a %pre script which would force ask user to enter username
>> and password or any other information and then write that information down
>> in a /tmp/somefile.txt
>> Then continue the installation, and in %post section, first %post would
>> be with --nochroot  where it will copy that text file to
>> /mnt/sysimage/somelocation
>> And then from that location, it would utilize that information and act
>> accordingly.
>>
>> You can write the %pre section as follows. I have tested this on RHEL7
>>
>> %pre
>> exec < /dev/tty7 > /dev/tty7
>> chvt 7
>> echo "Enter Manual Information in given format"
>> read MYINFO
>> echo $MYINFO >/tmp/test
>> chvt 1
>>
>> %end
>>
>> KICKSTART BODY
>>
>>
>> %post --nochroot
>>
>> mv /tmp/test /mnt/sysimage/tmp/test
>>
>> %end
>>
>>
>> %post
>>
>> # Use /tmp/test to perform %post actions
>>
>> %end
>>
>>
>>
>> *Thanks,*
>> *Pushpendra Chavan.*
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 1:39 AM Andrew Simpson <simpsonar77 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to require/force a user to enter in their user account
>>> information before the install gets to the %post section via the graphical
>>> installer?  I need everything else to be automated, except this step, and
>>> need to modify that user's groups in the "post" section.  It appears that
>>> if nothing is entered via the GUI during install, that the install will
>>> complete without it.  (root is setup as part of the ks).
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