On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 Eric.Doutreleau@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >i m wondering if someone has already written a %pre kickstart script >to backup ssh keys in order to put them back in place in the post >kickstart script. Didn't we have this thread three days ago? https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/kickstart-list/2003-March/007823.html https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/kickstart-list/2003-April/007842.html No, perhaps we didn't. Try this: (untested, might make your computer catch fire) %pre mkdir -p /mnt/ssh # if you know where / is, use the next line: #mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/ssh # if not, use this: #mount -L / /mnt/ssh cp -a ssh_host_* /tmp umount /mnt/ssh and %post --nochroot mv -f /tmp/ssh_host_* /mnt/sysimage/etc/ssh Cheers, Phil