FYI.....the following worked. Thanks very much for the assistance!!! %post chvt 3 #start postgresql now, add postgres user called Adam, and stop postgresql /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start su - postgres -c "createuser adam -d -a" /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql stop #Make sure postgresql is started in runlevel 3 /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 postgresql on chvt 1 liefting@xxxxxxxxxx@redhat.com on 05/21/2001 08:07:28 AM Please respond to kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Sent by: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx cc: Subject: Re: Adding postgres user in %post >Hello All, >I am trying to add a postgres user in the %post section of my kickstart >file for RedHat 7.0. In my %post section I set postgresql to start and >stop in the 3rd run level then I try to add a postgres user called adam. Start and stop in the third runlevel??? In a certain runlevel, applications can be started or stopped, but not both simultaneously. >When I do a kickstart, no postgres user gets added. If I set that one line >up in a script and run the script from a prompt a postgres user does get >added. Do I need to reboot between starting/stopping postgresql and adding >the user? I believe postgresql creates the user called postgres which I am >trying to use in my last command. How come my reboot command doesn't seem >to do anything? The %post section is executed at the end of the installation, before the system reboots. You can't reboot the system halfway through the %post section and expect that the rest of the %post section is executed after the reboot. If you want to execute something after the reboot, you should add it to rc.local or something, and script it so that it removes itself after exectution. >Any thoughts on how to get this to work would be greatly appreciated!! >Thanks! >Rebecca I haven't done this myself, but what I would try is: %post chvt 3 #start postgresql now, add postgres user called Adam, and stop postgresql /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start su - postgres -c "createuser adam -d -a" /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql stop #Make sure postgresql is started in runlevel 3 /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 postgresql on chvt 1 Note: postgresql might require additional services to be available, so it might not be possible to run postgresql this way from within the %post section. Another solution might be (again, not tested): %post chvt 3 /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 postgresql on cat >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local << END if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.postgresqlsetup ] then . /etc/rc.d/rc.postgresqlsetup rm -f /etc/rc.d/rc.postgresqlsetup fi END cat > /etc/rc.d/rc.postgresqlsetup << END su - postgres -c "createuser adam -d -a" END chvt 1 Regards, Wouter. _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
