[SOLVED] Kickstart post install script

gw1500se · 12-23-2014, 09:13 AM

I am trying to set up an unattended install via PXE and kickstart. The basic install is working fine but it is the %post that is giving me fits. It seems that all the commands are just echo'ed to the log and not really executed. At least no errors are output for the commands which either do not run or fail. This is the trivial %post section I am using to test:

Code:

%post --log=/root/post_install.log
echo $PATH
which useradd
%end

The log shows the 'echo' command with $PATH expanded but not echo'ed and the 'which' command with no output. What am I doing wrong? TIA.

unSpawn · 12-26-2014, 04:49 AM

No idea what went wrong but RPM scripts use /bin/sh so you could try trace things?:

Code:

%post --log=/root/post_install.log
set -vx
echo $PATH
which useradd
%end

GaWdLy · 12-26-2014, 05:46 PM

I tried to find a problem with this yesterday and couldn't. The logging setting is correct.

Can you post the entirety of the log?

gw1500se · 12-27-2014, 03:52 PM

It turned out to be a misplaced quote. Argghhhhh! Thanks to all those who tried to help but I guess you just can't fix stupid.

GaWdLy · 12-27-2014, 04:37 PM

Next time, if you post the entirety of the file, we might catch it faster...

Please mark the thread as solved.