Don Russell wrote: [snip] > In order for a remote system to be in a state that remote access is even > possible, there must be an OS already running. In order to install the > first OS, physical access to the box must be required. It has to be > physically connected etc. At the very least the power has to be turned > on.. it might then proceed to do a network install... > > At that first install time is when a second user id should be created.... Non-root users are creating doing firstboot, not during the install. If you aren't there to go through the firstboot process, you can't create any users other than via root. I don't recall off the top of my head what kickstart lets you do with respect to user creation. It is conceivable that using kickstart to do a PXE install will leave a headless machine with no way to access it except via a root ssh session. -- William Hooper
