I wonder if it possible with preseed to set some response as a variable
base on a hostname. I.e. in exim4 do:
exim4-config exim4/mailname string ($hostname)
where $hostname is pick-up from machine the OS is installed on.
If it is not possible I'll create a preseed.cfg file dynamical.
Cheers,
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On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:02:49 +0100, Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote:
> I wonder if it possible with preseed to set some response as a variable
> base on a hostname. I.e. in exim4 do:
>
> exim4-config exim4/mailname string ($hostname) where $hostname is
> pick-up from machine the OS is installed on.
>
> If it is not possible I'll create a preseed.cfg file dynamical.
Hum... how could the installer get access to the current installed system
to fetch the hostname from there? Let's imagine there are 4 linux
installations in several disks or partitions... what hostname to choose,
what to mount...? :-?
I ask because I don't know, I'm just curious on how the preseeding works
and about its capabilities :-)
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Wawrzek Niewodniczanski
Preseed and host based varaibles
On 06/06/11 18:34, Camaleón wrote:
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:02:49 +0100, Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote:
[...]
Hum... how could the installer get access to the current installed system
to fetch the hostname from there? Let's imagine there are 4 linux
installations in several disks or partitions... what hostname to choose,
what to mount...? :-?
You provide it an answer (or point to use DHCP).
I ask because I don't know, I'm just curious on how the preseeding works
and about its capabilities :-)
It's quite powerful and worth to consider if you have more than few
boxes to install.
Cheers,
Wawrzek
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On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:08:50 +0100, Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote:
> On 06/06/11 18:34, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:02:49 +0100, Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote:
> [...]
>> Hum... how could the installer get access to the current installed
>> system to fetch the hostname from there? Let's imagine there are 4
>> linux installations in several disks or partitions... what hostname to
>> choose, what to mount...? :-?
> You provide it an answer (or point to use DHCP).
(...)
Yes, but -if I understood you correctly- your question was how to this
"automatically", right? That is, with no user intervention and no
variable preset on the preseeding file. So I wondered how could the
installer fill the hostname variable by directly reading it from the
current installed system(s).
Or did you look for something else?
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