RE: .unconfigure, or resetting system config
"Vanco, Don" <don.vanco-tWnNlxMdGQNWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:29:27 -0500
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>-----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 -- Taroon-beta-list mailing list [email protected] http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-beta-list