I don't believe the mail command is available in post.
You can checkout the available commands by mounting stage2.img
mkdir /mnt/stage2
mount /dist/RedHat/base/stage2.img
find /mnt/stage2 -perm 555 # or whatever
We accomplish this sort of thing in a post install phase - after the server's install is complete and after a reboot.
This is done with a runonce script that is executed on the first reboot after the build.
To do this, simply create the script you want to execute in post:
%post
touch /runonce1.sh
cat <<EOF>>/etc/rc.d/rc.local
#
if [ -x /runonce1.sh ]
then
sh /runonce1.sh
rm /runonce1.sh
sleep 10
echo
echo "##########################################"
echo "#PHASE 2 OF THE INSTALLATION IS COMPLETE"
echo "##########################################"
echo "#NOW REBOOTING INTO FINAL PHASE"
echo "##########################################"
echo
sleep 10
reboot
fi
EOF
cat <<EOF>>/runonce1.sh
/sbin/mail myemail@xxxxxxxxxxx < /root/kickstart-post.log
EOF
While this might be overkill for simply sending a mail - it does give you the freedom to do things like... Re-mount the installation source and perform upgrades, install new packages, etc... We use it
to upgrade the kernel, reboot and then install a mess of isv packages that require a specific version of the kernel.
Good luck.
Oh... Btw: fix your sig - you've mispeeled United States. ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: James_Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:James_Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 9:36 AM
To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: e-mailing from post
I want to send an email in the %post section notifying me of when a build is complete.. The email consists of a log of the %post commands as well as a date stamp. The following command does not seem
to work from %post, but will work when it is run after the machine is fully installed.
mail myemail@xxxxxxxxxxx < /root/kickstart-post.log
Any ideas?
Thanks.
James S. Martin, RHCE
Contractor
Administrative Office of the United Sates Courts
Washington, DC
(202) 502-2394
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