Setting client parameters using foreign Ignite Server

[thom_14]

I am installing some client systems using an Ignite server to which I do not have direct admin access, so I can't edit the config files directly.

I figured out how to use instl_adm (against the WINSTALLFS file copied to the client) to set the default gateway, host IP, and netmask, but I would also like to set some of the other client parameters to create a hands-free install. For example, I would like to set the default keyboard, languard, NIS domain and DNS information.

Basically, I want to specify the configuration parameters that would be in /var/opt/ignite/clients/$SYSTEM/config.full - but I don't have any way to write to that file.

The instl_adm utility will set some of the params I want, but not all.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

No admin access no changing the configuration files. They were designed to avoid complex command line entries.

You can go for an interactive install that lets you set hostname and other parameters at a certain point in the installation. It requires you do the work, but it probably gets around the issue.

SEP

[thom_14]

In searching through some other ITRC threads, I discovered that you can use the -f option to instl_adm to set other parameters. Basically you extract the conf information with instl_adm -d and redirect it to (file), then edit the file, and use install_adm -f (file) to install your changes. My selections are appearing the in the configuration i/f, but it looks like I have a long way to go if I want a truly hands-free install :(