try the following: ---rc.local---- ( /root/post ) & mv /etc/rc.d/rc.local.sav /etc/rc.d/rc.local --rc.local-end- Now it should work. Your problem is that you move the current rc.local away before it is really finished! The last line of rc.local MUST be cp (or mv) /etc/rc.local.sav /etc/rc.local - thomas. Zitat von "Chan, Dominic" <DWC@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > I have try to use the openvt, but with no success. The way I am going > about doing a run once script are as follow > > I have two script in my /root dir (post and runonce.sh). The post is > the actual script that get run. It presents the user with some input > options. Base on the input, it will install additional RPM and security > lockup. The runonce.sh inside my root directory get call from > /etc/rc.d/rc.local. here is what the script (runonce.sh) looks like > #!/bin/bash > # > mv /etc/rc.d/rc.local.sav /etc/rc.d/rc.local > # > /root/post > > during the kickstart installation process, at my %post section. I make > a copy of /etc/rc.d/rc.local as /etc/rc.d/rc.local.sav I also copy both > my scripts 'post' and 'runonce.sh' into my root directory with the > proper ownership/chmod (root.root rwxrwxrwx) Also during installation, > I append the following line to my /etc/rc.d/rc.local > > openvt -c1 -f -- /root/runonce.sh > > The system came up fine, I know it hit the script because my > /etc/rc.d/rc.local got restore back but I it never open up a vt and run > my post script > > dwc > -- Thomas Baumann // Postfach 110115 // D-64216 Darmstadt // <tom@xxxxxxx>
