On Tue, 23 May 2006 10:25:06 -0700 Neerad Niksun [Neerad] wrote: [...] Neerad> Let me give you an example. Neerad> Neerad> I needed to create a user in my post section. So this is what i did. Neerad> Neerad> cp -f /mnt/sysimage/etc/passwd /etc/passwd Neerad> cp -f /mnt/sysimage/etc/group /etc/group Neerad> cp -f /mnt/sysimage/etc/shadow /etc/shadow Neerad> /mnt/sysimage/usr/sbin/useradd <user_name> -d <usr_home_path> -s Neerad> /bin/bash -g <gorup> -G <group_member>, <group_member>..... Neerad> cp -f /etc/passwd /mnt/sysimage/etc/passwd Neerad> cp -f /etc/group /mnt/sysimage/etc/group Neerad> cp -f /etc/shadow /mnt/sysimage/etc/shadow The chroot is precisely here to avoid such ugly stuff [...] Neerad> 2) In post section as described under. Neerad> Neerad> mkdir /tmp/cd Neerad> mount /tmp/cdrom /tmp/cd Neerad> Neerad> /mnt/sysimage/bin/rpm -i /tmp/cdrom /tmp/cd/<your_package_name> good luck with this. Neerad> Hope this helps. It won't for sure. But it should help you fix your kickstarts ;-) Neerad> Neerad> Neerad Mittal Neerad> Lead Software Engineer -- Alain