i did everything said to do in th user input in %post section, thread. and now i want to run the redhat script timeconfig (to selcet time zone) but when ever i press a key it write its letter to the screen instad of to the program my post looks like %post exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3 chvt 3 set -x clear echo "Enter host Name: " read TADLYS_HOST echo -e "NETWORKING=yes\nHOSTNAME=${TADLYS_HOST}" > /etc/sysconfig/network timeconfig thanks