Yeah, I can't seem to find any docs that mention what the
password is.
I did put the rootpw line in and it does appear that the
log in works since I get the 'Last Login' message and
I get the message from /etc/motd, but then it complains
that there is 'no shell: Permission denied'
Jerry
Tim Wood wrote:
Good question that I don't have the answer to. Since I always
forget, I
started overiding it by adding this to the kickstart:
# Set root password
rootpw iamroot
If it's not a space issue, modify /etc/inittab during post and change
the runlevel from 5 to 3. If /etc/inittab doesn't make sense to you,
post again and I'll copy and paste the particular line.
Tim
ltx wrote:
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply. I was hoping to avoid all the
> graphics since this is more for utility work and will be
> booted often.
>
> Even if I went to the KDE desktop kickstart file what would
> the root password be?
>
> Thanks.
> Jerry
>
> Tim Wood wrote:
>> One 'feature' of the minimal is that login is disabled. The kde
>> desktop is a good starter.
>>
>> Tim Wood
>>
>>
>> ltx wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to build a basic Fedora 8 livecd to use as
>>> a vehicle to flash a card I am working on. The flash
>>> utility works from linux running from the hard drive
>>> so that is not a concern at the moment.
>>>
>>> My problem - I can't log in! The iso builds fine with
>>> command;
>>>
>>> livecd-creator --config=./livecd-fedora-minimal.ks --fslabel=Fedora8
>>>
>>> When I boot from it, or use qemu to test, I can't log into root
>>> or another id that I create in the kiskstart file. I followed
>>> the instructions at
>>>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/LiveCDHowTo
>>> which are great, but they even point out that the
>>> livecd-fedora-minimal.ks
>>> kickstart file found in /usr/share/livecd-tools will not let you log
>>> in.
>>> (unless you go to all full desktop environment - which I don't
>>> need/want)
>>>
>>> I noticed that the minimal kickstart file disabled the root id,
>>> so I removed that and scoured the net and found that kickstart command
>>> rootpw allows you to set the root password. That gave me some
>>> progress. Now when I try to log in to root I get these messages;
>>>
>>> Last login: time date...
>>> Welcome to my world (this is what I put in /etc/motd)
>>> login: no shell: Permission denied.
>>>
>>> So, several questions:
>>>
>>> 1 - What is wrong with my kickstart file (below) that prevents
>>> me from logging in?
>>>
>>> 2 - Is there any collections of kickstart files available (other than
>>> those that come with the livecd-tools packages?
>>>
>>> 3 - Where can I find the kickstart file options documented?
>>>
>>> Oh, my build environment is Fedora 8 (x86_64) with all the latest
>>> updates. I point to the x86 mirrors so I can use the CD on older
>>> machines.
>>>
>>> I'd appreciate any help you can offer.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> Jerry
>>>
>>>
>>> lang en_US.UTF-8
>>> keyboard us
>>> timezone US/Eastern
>>> #auth --useshadow --enablemd5
>>> selinux --disabled
>>> firewall --disabled
>>> firstboot --disable
>>> #root password
>>> rootpw emulex
>>> part / --size 1024
>>>
>>> repo --name=released
>>>
--mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-8&arch=i386
>>>
>>> repo --name=updates
>>>
--mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f8&arch=i386
>>>
>>>
>>> %packages
>>> @core
>>> bash
>>> kernel
>>> passwd
>>> policycoreutils
>>> chkconfig
>>> authconfig
>>> rootfiles
>>>
>>> %post
>>> # FIXME: it'd be better to get this installed from a package
>>> cat > /etc/rc.d/init.d/fedora-live << EOF
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>> #
>>> # live: Init script for live image
>>> #
>>> # chkconfig: 345 00 99
>>> # description: Init script for live image.
>>>
>>> . /etc/init.d/functions
>>>
>>> if ! strstr "\`cat /proc/cmdline\`" liveimg || [ "\$1" !=
"start" ]
>>> || [ -e /.liveimg-configured ] ; then
>>> exit 0
>>> fi
>>>
>>> exists() {
>>> which \$1 >/dev/null 2>&1 || return
>>> \$*
>>> }
>>>
>>> touch /.liveimg-configured
>>>
>>> # mount live image
>>> if [ -b /dev/live ]; then
>>> mkdir -p /mnt/live
>>> mount -o ro /dev/live /mnt/live
>>> fi
>>>
>>> # add a user
>>> useradd -c "Jerry" jerry
>>> echo 'password' | passwd --stdin jerry
>>>
>>> # read some variables out of /proc/cmdline
>>> for o in \`cat /proc/cmdline\` ; do
>>> case \$o in
>>> ks=*)
>>> ks="\${o#ks=}"
>>> ;;
>>> xdriver=*)
>>> xdriver="--set-driver=\${o#xdriver=}"
>>> ;;
>>> esac
>>> done
>>>
>>> # Stopgap fix for RH #217966; should be fixed in HAL instead
>>> touch /media/.hal-mtab
>>> EOF
>>>
>>> chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/fedora-live
>>> #/sbin/restorecon /etc/rc.d/init.d/fedora-live
>>> /sbin/chkconfig --add fedora-live
>>>
>>> echo "Welcome to my world" > /etc/motd
>>>
>>> %end
>>>
>>>
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>>> Fedora-livecd-list(a)redhat.com
>>>
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list
>>>
>>
>>
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