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

[ltx]

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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