kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > w> I am running RH7.0 and am trying to copy a list of users into the > w> etc/passwd file from the scrip, as well as a few other things. > How, exactly, are you doing this? I have lots of constructs like: > cat <<EOF > /etc/auto.master > /misc /etc/auto.misc --timeout 5 > /home /etc/auto_home --timeout 60 > /nas /etc/auto_home --timeout 60 > /chome /etc/auto_home_cluster --timeout 60 > /usr/local /etc/auto_usr_local --timeout 300 > EOF > > in my %post section and have no problems. > > w> Everything I attempt in the %post section is dumped into the file > w> /etc/passwd? > > That sounds like you did > > cat <<EOF > /etc/passwd > >and never included an EOF,so everything until the end of the file ends up > in /etc/passwd. > Actually, there was an EOF at the end of the line, but there was a slight difference to what you posted: cat <<EOF >>/etc/passwd mmeintz:*:201:200:Mathew Meintz-USServiceDelivery:/home/mmeintz:/bin/bash stevel:*:202:200:Steve Laxner-USService Delivery:/home/stevel:/bin/bash sarag:*:203:200:Sara Guan-USService Delivery:/home/sarag:/bin/bash lindsad:*:251:200:Dave Lindsay-UKService Delivery:/home/lindsad:/bin/bash davep:*:301:300:Dave Parkes-UKDevelopment:/home/davep:/bin/bash mjoyce:*:302:300:Matthew Joyce-UKDevelopment:/home/mjoyce:/bin/bash sean:*:303:300:Sean Welsh-UKdevelopment:/home/sean:/bin/bash bbuser:x:501:501:Big Brother User:/opt/bb:/bin/bash jabber:x:502:502:Jabber User:/home/jabber:/bin/bash EOF After this, I try to cat definitions into the /etc/group file and then cat some directions to be loaded into cron, but all of it ends up in the /etc/passwd? file. __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
