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Old 03-27-2015, 05:20 PM   #1
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kickstart custom live cd - cant login


Hi,

Im trying to create a custome live cd in Fedora 20. I have managed to create the iso and even boot. But I am unable to login. I use the (slightly edited by me) fedora spins kickstart files.

Can someone help me?

I guess I need to add a user and password to the setup?

Regards
Aubrey.
 
Old 03-27-2015, 07:40 PM   #2
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fedora-livecd-xfce.ks

# fedora-livecd-xfce.ks
#
# Description:
# - Fedora Live Spin with the light-weight XFCE Desktop Environment
#
# Maintainer(s):
# - Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@fedoraproject.org>
# - Christoph Wickert <cwickert@fedoraproject.org>
# - Kevin Fenzi <kevin@tummy.com>
# - Adam Miller <maxamillion@fedoraproject.org>

%include fedora-live-base.ks
%include fedora-live-minimization.ks
%include fedora-xfce-packages.ks

%post
# xfce configuration
# add fedora user with no passwd
action "Adding aubrey" useradd \$USERADDARGS -c "Aubrey" aubrey
passwd -d aubrey > /dev/null
usermod -aG wheel aubrey > /dev/null

chkconfig --level 345 avahi-daemon off 2>/dev/null
chkconfig --level 345 chronyd off 2>/dev/null
#chkconfig --level 345 rpcbind off 2>/dev/null
chkconfig --level 345 cups off 2>/dev/null


# This is a huge file and things work ok without it
rm -f /usr/share/icons/HighContrast/icon-theme.cache

# create /etc/sysconfig/desktop (needed for installation)

cat > /etc/sysconfig/desktop <<EOF
PREFERRED=/usr/bin/startxfce4
DISPLAYMANAGER=/usr/sbin/lightdm
EOF

cat >> /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys << EOF

mkdir -p /home/liveuser/.config/xfce4

cat > /home/liveuser/.config/xfce4/helpers.rc << FOE
MailReader=sylpheed-claws
FileManager=Thunar
WebBrowser=firefox
FOE

# disable screensaver locking (#674410)
cat >> /home/liveuser/.xscreensaver << FOE
mode: off
lock: False
dpmsEnabled: False
FOE

# deactivate xfconf-migration (#683161)
rm -f /etc/xdg/autostart/xfconf-migration-4.6.desktop || :

# deactivate xfce4-panel first-run dialog (#693569)
mkdir -p /home/liveuser/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml
cp /etc/xdg/xfce4/panel/default.xml /home/liveuser/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml

# set up lightdm autologin
sed -i 's/^#autologin-user=.*/autologin-user=liveuser/' /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
sed -i 's/^#autologin-user-timeout=.*/autologin-user-timeout=0/' /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
#sed -i 's/^#show-language-selector=.*/show-language-selector=true/' /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf

# set Xfce as default session, otherwise login will fail
sed -i 's/^#user-session=.*/user-session=xfce/' /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

# Show harddisk install on the desktop
sed -i -e 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/' /usr/share/applications/liveinst.desktop
mkdir /home/liveuser/Desktop
cp /usr/share/applications/liveinst.desktop /home/liveuser/Desktop

# and mark it as executable (new Xfce security feature)
chmod +x /home/liveuser/Desktop/liveinst.desktop

# this goes at the end after all other changes.
chown -R liveuser:liveuser /home/liveuser
restorecon -R /home/liveuser

EOF
cp -ar /home/aubrey/Downloads $LIVE_ROOT/
%end
 
Old 03-27-2015, 07:41 PM   #3
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fedora-live-base.ks

# fedora-live-base.ks
#
# Defines the basics for all kickstarts in the fedora-live branch
# Does not include package selection (other then mandatory)
# Does not include localization packages or configuration
#
# Does includes "default" language configuration (kickstarts including
# this template can override these settings)

lang en_US.UTF-8
keyboard us
# Root password
rootpw --iscrypted $1$3.kyKHUH$LgfNQvgdGrNcCYPZIZBxn0
# System timezone
timezone Europe/Dublin
auth --useshadow --passalgo=sha512
selinux --enforcing
firewall --enabled --service=mdns
xconfig --startxonboot
part / --size 3072 --fstype ext4
services --enabled=NetworkManager --disabled=network,sshd

%include fedora-repo.ks

%packages
@base-x
@guest-desktop-agents
@standard
@core
@fonts
@input-methods
@dial-up
@multimedia
@hardware-support
@printing

# Explicitly specified here:
# <notting> walters: because otherwise dependency loops cause yum issues.
kernel

# This was added a while ago, I think it falls into the category of
# "Diagnosis/recovery tool useful from a Live OS image". Leaving this untouched
# for now.
memtest86+

# The point of a live image is to install
anaconda
@anaconda-tools

# Make live images easy to shutdown and the like in libvirt
qemu-guest-agent

%end

%post
# FIXME: it'd be better to get this installed from a package
cat > /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys << EOF
#!/bin/bash
#
# live: Init script for live image
#
# chkconfig: 345 00 99
# description: Init script for live image.
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# X-Start-Before: display-manager
### END INIT INFO

. /etc/init.d/functions

if ! strstr "\`cat /proc/cmdline\`" rd.live.image || [ "\$1" != "start" ]; then
exit 0
fi

if [ -e /.liveimg-configured ] ; then
configdone=1
fi

exists() {
which \$1 >/dev/null 2>&1 || return
\$*
}

# Make sure we don't mangle the hardware clock on shutdown
ln -sf /dev/null /etc/systemd/system/hwclock-save.service

livedir="LiveOS"
for arg in \`cat /proc/cmdline\` ; do
if [ "\${arg##rd.live.dir=}" != "\${arg}" ]; then
livedir=\${arg##rd.live.dir=}
return
fi
if [ "\${arg##live_dir=}" != "\${arg}" ]; then
livedir=\${arg##live_dir=}
return
fi
done

# enable swaps unless requested otherwise
swaps=\`blkid -t TYPE=swap -o device\`
if ! strstr "\`cat /proc/cmdline\`" noswap && [ -n "\$swaps" ] ; then
for s in \$swaps ; do
action "Enabling swap partition \$s" swapon \$s
done
fi
if ! strstr "\`cat /proc/cmdline\`" noswap && [ -f /run/initramfs/live/\${livedir}/swap.img ] ; then
action "Enabling swap file" swapon /run/initramfs/live/\${livedir}/swap.img
fi

mountPersistentHome() {
# support label/uuid
if [ "\${homedev##LABEL=}" != "\${homedev}" -o "\${homedev##UUID=}" != "\${homedev}" ]; then
homedev=\`/sbin/blkid -o device -t "\$homedev"\`
fi

# if we're given a file rather than a blockdev, loopback it
if [ "\${homedev##mtd}" != "\${homedev}" ]; then
# mtd devs don't have a block device but get magic-mounted with -t jffs2
mountopts="-t jffs2"
elif [ ! -b "\$homedev" ]; then
loopdev=\`losetup -f\`
if [ "\${homedev##/run/initramfs/live}" != "\${homedev}" ]; then
action "Remounting live store r/w" mount -o remount,rw /run/initramfs/live
fi
losetup \$loopdev \$homedev
homedev=\$loopdev
fi

# if it's encrypted, we need to unlock it
if [ "\$(/sbin/blkid -s TYPE -o value \$homedev 2>/dev/null)" = "crypto_LUKS" ]; then
echo
echo "Setting up encrypted /home device"
plymouth ask-for-password --command="cryptsetup luksOpen \$homedev EncHome"
homedev=/dev/mapper/EncHome
fi

# and finally do the mount
mount \$mountopts \$homedev /home
# if we have /home under what's passed for persistent home, then
# we should make that the real /home. useful for mtd device on olpc
if [ -d /home/home ]; then mount --bind /home/home /home ; fi
[ -x /sbin/restorecon ] && /sbin/restorecon /home
if [ -d /home/liveuser ]; then USERADDARGS="-M" ; fi
}

findPersistentHome() {
for arg in \`cat /proc/cmdline\` ; do
if [ "\${arg##persistenthome=}" != "\${arg}" ]; then
homedev=\${arg##persistenthome=}
return
fi
done
}

if strstr "\`cat /proc/cmdline\`" persistenthome= ; then
findPersistentHome
elif [ -e /run/initramfs/live/\${livedir}/home.img ]; then
homedev=/run/initramfs/live/\${livedir}/home.img
fi

# if we have a persistent /home, then we want to go ahead and mount it
if ! strstr "\`cat /proc/cmdline\`" nopersistenthome && [ -n "\$homedev" ] ; then
action "Mounting persistent /home" mountPersistentHome
fi

# make it so that we don't do writing to the overlay for things which
# are just tmpdirs/caches
mount -t tmpfs -o mode=0755 varcacheyum /var/cache/yum
mount -t tmpfs vartmp /var/tmp
[ -x /sbin/restorecon ] && /sbin/restorecon /var/cache/yum /var/tmp >/dev/null 2>&1

if [ -n "\$configdone" ]; then
exit 0
fi

# add fedora user with no passwd
action "Adding live user" useradd \$USERADDARGS -c "Live System User" liveuser
passwd -d liveuser > /dev/null
usermod -aG wheel liveuser > /dev/null

# Remove root password lock
passwd -d root > /dev/null

# turn off firstboot for livecd boots
systemctl --no-reload disable firstboot-text.service 2> /dev/null || :
systemctl --no-reload disable firstboot-graphical.service 2> /dev/null || :
systemctl stop firstboot-text.service 2> /dev/null || :
systemctl stop firstboot-graphical.service 2> /dev/null || :

# don't use prelink on a running live image
sed -i 's/PRELINKING=yes/PRELINKING=no/' /etc/sysconfig/prelink &>/dev/null || :

# turn off mdmonitor by default
systemctl --no-reload disable mdmonitor.service 2> /dev/null || :
systemctl --no-reload disable mdmonitor-takeover.service 2> /dev/null || :
systemctl stop mdmonitor.service 2> /dev/null || :
systemctl stop mdmonitor-takeover.service 2> /dev/null || :

# don't enable the gnome-settings-daemon packagekit plugin
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.updates active 'false' || :

# don't start cron/at as they tend to spawn things which are
# disk intensive that are painful on a live image
systemctl --no-reload disable crond.service 2> /dev/null || :
systemctl --no-reload disable atd.service 2> /dev/null || :
systemctl stop crond.service 2> /dev/null || :
systemctl stop atd.service 2> /dev/null || :

# Mark things as configured
touch /.liveimg-configured

# add static hostname to work around xauth bug
# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679486
echo "localhost" > /etc/hostname

EOF

# bah, hal starts way too late
cat > /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys-late << EOF
#!/bin/bash
#
# live: Late init script for live image
#
# chkconfig: 345 99 01
# description: Late init script for live image.

. /etc/init.d/functions

if ! strstr "\`cat /proc/cmdline\`" rd.live.image || [ "\$1" != "start" ] || [ -e /.liveimg-late-configured ] ; then
exit 0
fi

exists() {
which \$1 >/dev/null 2>&1 || return
\$*
}

touch /.liveimg-late-configured

# read some variables out of /proc/cmdline
for o in \`cat /proc/cmdline\` ; do
case \$o in
ks=*)
ks="--kickstart=\${o#ks=}"
;;
xdriver=*)
xdriver="\${o#xdriver=}"
;;
esac
done

# if liveinst or textinst is given, start anaconda
if strstr "\`cat /proc/cmdline\`" liveinst ; then
plymouth --quit
/usr/sbin/liveinst \$ks
fi
if strstr "\`cat /proc/cmdline\`" textinst ; then
plymouth --quit
/usr/sbin/liveinst --text \$ks
fi

# configure X, allowing user to override xdriver
if [ -n "\$xdriver" ]; then
cat > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-xdriver.conf <<FOE
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "\$xdriver"
EndSection
FOE
fi

EOF

chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys
/sbin/restorecon /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys
/sbin/chkconfig --add livesys

chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys-late
/sbin/restorecon /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys-late
/sbin/chkconfig --add livesys-late

# enable tmpfs for /tmp
systemctl enable tmp.mount

# work around for poor key import UI in PackageKit
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
releasever=$(rpm -q --qf '%{version}\n' fedora-release)
basearch=$(uname -i)
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$releasever-$basearch
echo "Packages within this LiveCD"
rpm -qa
# Note that running rpm recreates the rpm db files which aren't needed or wanted
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*

# go ahead and pre-make the man -k cache (#455968)
/usr/bin/mandb

# save a little bit of space at least...
rm -f /boot/initramfs*
# make sure there aren't core files lying around
rm -f /core*

# convince readahead not to collect
# FIXME: for systemd

%end


%post --nochroot
cp $INSTALL_ROOT/usr/share/doc/*-release/GPL $LIVE_ROOT/GPL

# only works on x86, x86_64
if [ "$(uname -i)" = "i386" -o "$(uname -i)" = "x86_64" ]; then
if [ ! -d $LIVE_ROOT/LiveOS ]; then mkdir -p $LIVE_ROOT/LiveOS ; fi
cp /usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk $LIVE_ROOT/LiveOS
fi
%end
 
Old 03-27-2015, 07:45 PM   #4
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in fedora-livecd-xfce.ks i have set the root password and also added the user aubrey.

in fedora-live-base.ks it adds the liveuser.
And when I boot I get the lightdm login screen.
It says user: "Live System User" and when I enter a blank password it doesnt login.

Why am I unable to login?
 
Old 03-27-2015, 07:47 PM   #5
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Moreover, isnt it supposed to skip the logon screen completely?
 
  


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