How does Ignite handle .profile?

[jmb]

Not sure on this, so I'm asking the experts..
I'm looking for some documentation that describes what happens to .profile during the Ignite process.
In my testing, any changes I've made (to the golden image) are ignored, and a vanilla version is defined on the target system.
Perhaps this needs to be handled with post-ignite scripting?
TIA!

[Bill Douglass]

I am just beginning with ignite myself, but certainly in using jumpstart installs on Solaris and kickstart for RH Linux, I have found it easier to manage by installing a basic image and then apply changes, updates, custom s/w in the post installation stage.

[Steven E. Protter]

Ignite will pick up the .profile of any users on your system.

If there is something special in there you may need some post config scripting, but anything involving the hostname will be changed over to the new hostname and laid down on the target system.

I'm using Ignite to replicate among a small number of L2000 systems and this answer is based on actual results.

This manual contains the information you want.
http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/5187-1843/5187-1843_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/5187-1843/00/00/17-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/5187-1843/00/00/17-toc.html&searchterms=.profile%7cIgnite&queryid=20030603-231321

This itrc search includes lots of possible hits in forum threads on the information you want.
http://us-support.external.hp.com/emse/bin/doc.pl/sid=31c773630cefc0aa2c?todo=search&searchtext=Ignite+.profile&searchcriteria=allwords&searchtype=SEARCH_TECH_DOCS&searchtype=SEARCH_MANUAL&searchtype=SEARCH_FORUMS&searchcategory=ALL&rn=25&presort=rank&x=24&y=7

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[Rajesh G. Ghone]

Hi,

Ignite will take as it is whatever is there in .profile,if any script path is mentioned in the profile then you have to make sure that the script is there in that specified path.

regards,
Rajesh G.

[jmb]

I need to clarify. The .profile I'm talking about is the one for root, under /. We have a basic image to roll out, along with a modified root .profile. But when I ignite another system, that .profile does not come across. Only the vanilla gets set up.

The links above have very little, if any, mention of the .profile for root.

I thought there was a configuration file I needed to hit, but it looks like I need to do this manually (with a script), post-install.

[John Meissner]

when you do an ignite... if you specify to include all files it will take all the .profiles....

if you use make_tape_recovery you should specify it as such:

make_tape_recovery -Av

This will backup everything