Matthew Miller (mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx) said: > On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 01:01:45PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: > > > Kick yourself for using VNC? :) > > > Is there some way to access the shell in a VNC install before rebooting? > > > Or do you only get the one console? > > You only get the GUI. (Well, there's telnet mode, but as long as you're > > talking about insecure things...) > > I guess I have no immediate solution for this case, then. However, I'd > rather try to develop some solution than let this be a sticking point > holding back everyone else. > > One thing an advanced user in this situation could do is configure a yum > repository with a package containing the /root/.ssh/authorized_keys file. > > But really, it seems like the "can't get to a shell during/after an install" > can leave you stuck in a number of cases, not just this one.... It's just that realistically, changing this would essentially mean "any headless machine will not be able to be logged into without kickstart machinations". I don't think that's an improvement. Bill -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
