inline below.. On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 9:03 PM, Holger Parplies <w...@parplies.de> wrote:
> Hi, > > Norberto Meijome wrote on 2015-01-22 12:08:56 +1100 [Source dir for fcopy]: > > I want to use fcopy to push a set of initial ssh pub keys to the root > user > > in the host being built, i.e., /root/.ssh/authorized_keys > > [...] > > 1. I understand FAI/files is the default source dir for fcopy... alas, I > > have FAI=*/data/f*ai/config in /etc/fai/fai.conf > > > > variables.log in a newly built host shows > > FAI=*/var/lib/fai/*config <<<< why not the value in /etc/fai/fai.conf? > > because it's mounted to /var/lib/fai on the client to be installed. > aha. that makes sense then . must have missed it in the docs... > > in the script of my class, I have > > fcopy -i -v -s /data/fai/config/files/ /root/.ssh/authorized_keys > > > > ( to avoid the confusion from #1 above)... > > Actually, you are creating the confusion you want to avoid :-). It seems to > be quite common in the IT world that things that "just work" stop just > working > when people start "fixing things" in anticipation of a problem :-). As Dirk > suggested, leave out the -s option, and you should be fine. > > :D yeah..but it wasn't working without it either, that's why i added it ;-) > In case it's not obvious, if the *script* containing the fcopy command > (under > $FAI/scripts) is found, it is more than likely that the referenced files > (under > $FAI/files) will be found, too. > > > [...] > > But I do have the file :) > > (on my fai-server...) find /data/fai/config/files/root/ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Yes, but the script is not run on the FAI server. On the *client*, > fai-server:/data/fai/config is mounted to /var/lib/fai/config, so that's > where you'll find the files. > ^^^^^^ that is the perfect explanation :) i may go through the docs to make sure it's included :) thanks so much for the explanation! > > Hope that helps. > > Regards, > Holger > -- Norberto 'Beto' Meijome
