Hi, On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 23:41, Michael Blandford wrote: > I am trying to get my kickstart file from http. > > If I get it as a flat file, ie > > http://server/ks.cfg > > it works fine. > > However, if I try: > > http://server/ks.cgi > > It bombs out. > > I get an error in the readkickstart function key error a67 > > Has anyone seen this before? Also, should I print out a content type, > etc if I do this? Yup, what you need to do is to output the headers "Content-length" (varies with each file) and "Content-type" (always set it to "text/plain"). You'll need to calculate the total length of the "file" you're going to output (I generate it into a string and then call strlen on it). For example: Content-length: 2132 Content-type: text/plain <insert 2132 bytes here :-)> I just did a similar thing myself. Using php and mysql I've created an environment where I can create/display/edit kickstart config files. The entries are generated whenever a client asks for its kickstart config file (they are dynamically generated based on the IP address). Each keyword that makes up the config file can be specific to the client, or it can be a pointer to a "standard" entry. For example, all of my installs are in the same timezone, so each client config keyword "timezone" has a pointer to the "Standard timezone" database entry. If I move to a different timezone, all I have to do is edit the "Standard timezone" database entry with the new timezone. On the other hand, I have many different mice installed, so the "mouse" keyword for each of the clients is specific to that client. Using this type of a setup has greatly eased my new installs. When I get a new machine in all I need to do is to go to a webpage that allows me to add a new client, select the various options for the config file and then do a standard kickstart. Recently I moved where I was getting the packages from (from one NFS directory to another) -- I only had to make one change in the database, instead of editing each and every #*@#*#@*# static config file -- can you tell I've done this before? :-) ...dave
