exactly what i need.. thank you !! > Zate, > > When we were using RHN, we had an RPM which installed itself during > kickstart and created a symlink to /etc/cron.daily. This way the > registration did not take place during kickstart, but sometime afterward > within 24 hours. > > The script we used is below. It's called /usr/sbin/self-rhn_register > and it's symlinked to /etc/cron.daily. It assumes your %post puts a > proper activation key in place for your organization. Once the > registration is successful, it removes the symlink in cron.daily. > > #!/bin/sh > > RUNNINGAS=`/usr/bin/whoami` > > if [ "$RUNNINGAS" != 'root' ]; then > echo >&2 "$0 must run as root - exiting." > exit 1 > fi > > # Already registered? > if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid ]; then > echo >&2 "System already registered - to re-register, remove" > echo >&2 "/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid first. Exiting." > exit 1 > fi > > if [ -r /etc/sysconfig/rhn/activationkey ]; then > ACTKEY=`cat /etc/sysconfig/rhn/activationkey` > else > echo >&2 "No activation key found - cannot self register." > exit 1 > fi > > # We have the key, let's try to do the registration. If successful, > # we'll remove the link from cron.daily so we don't run again. > /usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks --activationkey=$ACTKEY > > if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then > if [ -L /etc/cron.daily/self-rhn-register.cron ]; then > rm /etc/cron.daily/self-rhn-register.cron > fi > /sbin/service rhnsd start > else > echo >&2 "RHN registration command returned non-zero result: > $?." > exit 1 > fi > > > On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 09:30, Zate wrote: >> How am I able to script signing a system up for RHN and doing an update? >> Mainly its the signing up that I am not sure how to do. Can I copy a >> file >> from another system that has the login name and password/email address >> and >> then have the system update its packages etc etc itself ? I'd like to >> be >> able to sign it up and have it do an update after its reboot. > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > -- IT is Dead. The industry is Shot Join Others Who Feel Your Pain http://www.internalstrife.com/
