Re: user input while installing an RPM

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On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:35:22 -0700
<MGandra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have an RPM package which will install and I need to get the
> Username and Password for root user and write it to a config file.

Why on earth for? 

> I can have another script file through which I can get user input and
> install RPM and then write to the config file, but I want to get user
> input and install rpm from one file. 

You should never ask for input when installing packages. 

Perhaps you could have the application ask for configuration the first
time it's run? 

> I need one file that I can distribute it and does above things. How
> to do that?

I would suggest backing up and looking at your higher level goals and
see if there is some better way to solve them. 

kevin

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