[Puppet Users] Re: Help setting up Ubuntu preseed for Puppet Clients

2011-08-07 Thread Jfro
This is extremely helpful! I didn' t realize that puppet was not set up to install upon boot. I hoping to finalize my preseeed file soon and I'll let you know how it went. Thanks, Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view

[Puppet Users] Re: Help setting up Ubuntu preseed for Puppet Clients

2011-08-02 Thread Jfro
Bruno, Thanks so much for taking the time to help me out! Your expertise saved me hours of frustration. 1. This was very clear, thanks! 2. Can you point me in the right direction for setting up DNS? On my test systems I just set the puppetmaster server in the puppet.conf file. Is there a

Re: [Puppet Users] Step by step guide to setting user passwords

2011-08-02 Thread Jfro
Len, Thanks for the clear directions. I wasn't sure if the shadow value could be transfered to different computers and be decrypted correctly. It looks like it can. I'll give this a try! I appreciate your clear directions and taking time to help a newbie. You saved me hours of searching an

[Puppet Users] Help setting up Ubuntu preseed for Puppet Clients

2011-08-02 Thread Jfro
I have another newbie question: I am installing Ubuntu 10.4 LTS via a preseed file for a classroom computer lab. Can anyone help me with installing Puppet client via the preseed file? Step by step instructions would be greatly appreciated. Here's what I think I need to do: *1. Install the Pu

[Puppet Users] Step by step guide to setting user passwords

2011-08-02 Thread Jfro
I'm new to Puppet but have searched this group and Puppet docs for how to set up user passwords using puppet. I haven't found a clear answer about setting user passwords. I understand that it is a security risk to send plain text passwords via Puppet. However, for my use case (setting up one