This is very odd. My only guess is that's it's a F16 issue. I use this trick on every machine in the log_ks_pre snippet. It's worked on every RHEL/CentOS machine I've built - releases 4-6.

From: cobbler-bounces@lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:cobbler-bounces@lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Detlev Habicht
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 5:49 AM
To: cobbler mailing list
Subject: Fwd: snippet keep_ssh_host_keys not running in background

Hi again,

well, i found no solution. (The first part was my fault - as i already told, patching

cobbler helps.)

But i found no solution for the background job problems.

I tested all the hints i got. Nothing worked. Thank you for your help.

I also used the newest bash version. I tried to split the snippet in two parts and so on.

It looks, like it is not possible to start a background job in the %pre section of a

kickstart file and maybe also in the %post section. (When i use terminal access via ALT F2

it is possible to start background jobs via shell while the system is installed!!!)

So, maybe this is not a cobbler problem and i am wrong here with my problem.

Thanx again

Detlev

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Am 21.12.2011 um 11:28 schrieb Detlev Habicht:

Hi all,

i am testing the snippet keep_ssh_host_keys.

Well, i am a beginner in cobbler and maybe my problem is a bash problem, but

when i use keep_ssh_host_keys i have two problems:

When i use keep_ssh_host_keys as snippet, i see while kickstart is running:

Unknown command: <!DOCTYPE

Why?

Well, than i put the whole keep_ssh_host_keys script in my kickstart file

and now the script is running until the last part (i can see, the keys are

saved in /tmp):

# Loop until the corresponding rpm is installed

if [ "$keys_found" = "yes" ]; then

while : ; do

sleep 10

if [ -d /mnt/sysimage$SEARCHDIR ] ; then

cp -af /tmp/$TEMPDIR/${PATTERN}* /mnt/sysimage$SEARCHDIR

logger "keys copied to newly installed system"

break

done &

The kickstart process stopped and i think the loop is running, but not

in the background, so the installation process cannot proceed.

Why?

Thanx for any help!

Detlev

Detlev | Institut fuer Mikroelektronische Systeme
Habicht | D-30167 Hannover +49 511 76219662 habicht@ims.uni-hannover.de
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