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 < [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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). >> _______________________________________________ >> Kickstart-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
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