On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 14:06 -0700, dan wrote: > Jim Knoble wrote: > > Circa 2005-06-01 dixit dan: > > Note that this method is somewhat brittle and doesn't respond well when > > differing or modified versions of somecommand ask different questions > > (or a different number of them). > this is exactly what I'm looking for. I was just not certain > that text could be input in that mannerm, using cat. > > I'll toy around with it. And what happens if someone uses a non rpm cli to do the install (rpmlib) potentially via a gui, or via kickstart. rpm installs are designed to be non-interactive. Instead write a config program users can use post install. Paul