RE: .unconfigure, or resetting system config

"Vanco, Don" <don.vanco-tWnNlxMdGQNWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:29:27 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.taroon
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]=20
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeremy Katz
>Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:28 PM
>To: Discussion of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (Taroon) Beta
>Subject: Re: .unconfigure, or resetting system config
>
>
>On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 16:18 -0500, Vanco, Don wrote:
>> At one point in time I thought that there was a little hook=20
>in the init
>> structure that, if a file in / named ".unconfigure" was present, the
>> user would be queried on boot for thinks like IP data and=20
>root password.
>> I know that firstboot exists now for relatively mundane=20
>things like TZ
>> and adding packages, but is there still a tool that will=20
>allow a system
>> to boot and query the user for sysconfig-type info?
>
>`touch /etc/reconfigSys` and reboot and you'll get what you're looking
>for (or boot with "reconfig" on the kernel command line)
	So as not to be a total dolt in the future - is this in the
docs?  I tried a search but came up short (albeit my search terms were
not at all relevant WRT your reply)

Thanks much -
Don

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