[Fedora-livecd-list] live fedora 8 cd - login: no shell: Permission denied

[Tim Wood]

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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