Folks
I have several remotely-located servers, donated by folks not all of
whom are computer geeks, let-alone Linux aware. In earlier versions
of Centos, I directed them to perform a minimal NetInstall (not too
difficult to direct over the phone), and then issue two commands
after the first boot. One was a 'curl' to download a script of mine,
and the second was a dot-command to run it. A few reboots followed
in close succession, and I directed them to logon as root, and issue
a simple dot-command. The personal intervention ended usually within
an hour, since I had ssh access to the system and root, and could
complete the installation and tailoring completely remotely. I would
only need their intervention in the case of problems. In many cases,
I've not needed to invoke that help for a year or more.
This scheme worked well until I decided to add support of graphical
desktops on the systems in Centos 7, as I had in Centos 6. Once
those packages were installed, further non-intuitive on-site
intervention was required at next reboot to approve licenses. Remote
ssh logins didn't work until that was done.
These licenses needed to be approved on the local console. This is
quite annoying and places more demands upon my remote friend. In
some cases, the console and keyboard had been removed and the box had
been placed in the closet.
I am seeking a way to reduce or eliminate this annoyance. The best
would be to find some way to 'pre-approve' the license agreement in
my customizing scripts. Failing that, it would be nice to be able to
approve these scripts from a remote ssh logon. I am reluctant to
deploy Centos 7 without GUI support (I use x2go sometimes), and am
thus reluctant to deploy centos 7 at this point.
Advice and comments welcome
David
San Francisco
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