This will probably be considered a "minor" pain. And, since I don't use GNOME except in a VM for testing, I guess it is.
I'd just like to go on record to say I dislike a few things about the install process.
1. There is no option to set the hostname during install.
2. User creation is delayed until first boot and at the time of creation there is no option to specify the UID and GID. So, if you're like me, and use existing NFS services and your primary user doesn't have 1000/1000 for them you have to either know to create an initial throw away account or manually make changes later.
On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 09:39:55AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
2. User creation is delayed until first boot and at the time of creation there is no option to specify the UID and GID. So, if you're like me, and use existing NFS services and your primary user doesn't have 1000/1000 for them you have to either know to create an initial throw away account or manually make changes later.
I'd recommend using the netinstall in this case. Maybe even setting up a kickstart you just update and reuse.
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 9:41 PM Ed Greshko ed.greshko@greshko.com wrote:
This will probably be considered a "minor" pain. And, since I don't use GNOME except in a VM for testing, I guess it is.
I'd just like to go on record to say I dislike a few things about the install process.
- There is no option to set the hostname during install.
There is, but it's non-obvious. You have to set it in GNOME Settings before running the installer. I've complained about this in the past as well.
- User creation is delayed until first boot and at the time of creation there is no
option to specify the UID and GID. So, if you're like me, and use existing NFS services and your primary user doesn't have 1000/1000 for them you have to either know to create an initial throw away account or manually make changes later.
Or use FreeIPA/Active Directory to manage users and enroll as a client instead. This is generally a better idea than manually copying IDs around every time you deploy a new machine.
A hostname field would be nice, I don't have issues setting one after the fact though.
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On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 11:01 AM Stephen Gallagher sgallagh@redhat.com wrote:
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 9:41 PM Ed Greshko ed.greshko@greshko.com wrote:
This will probably be considered a "minor" pain. And, since I don't use
GNOME except
in a VM for testing, I guess it is.
I'd just like to go on record to say I dislike a few things about the
install process.
- There is no option to set the hostname during install.
There is, but it's non-obvious. You have to set it in GNOME Settings before running the installer. I've complained about this in the past as well.
- User creation is delayed until first boot and at the time of
creation there is no
option to specify the UID and GID. So, if you're like me, and use
existing
NFS services and your primary user doesn't have 1000/1000 for them you
have to either
know to create an initial throw away account or manually make changes later.
Or use FreeIPA/Active Directory to manage users and enroll as a client instead. This is generally a better idea than manually copying IDs around every time you deploy a new machine. _______________________________________________ test mailing list -- test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to test-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@lists.fedoraproject.org
Ed Greshko wrote:
2. User creation is delayed until first boot...
...and when the user is created and you click through the installer you're logged in to the desktop as that user.
I want to perform some additional configuration before letting users log in to the desktop. The only way I've found to do this is to set up a user in the installer and switch to a console before finishing the process.
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