On Mon 16 Jan 2012 at 12:38PM, Jan Damborsky wrote: > On 01/13/12 06:33 PM, Drew Fisher wrote: > > > >>> > >>>> > >>>>Another solution that occurs to me is that the initial user account > >>>>creation could perhaps be disabled in sysconfig when it detects such a > >>>>condition. I'm not sure I like it, necessarily, but it also prevents > >>>>the system ending up in maintenance mode from this situation, which > >>>>seems important to me. > >>> > >>>Comparing with other alternatives, I think this would be the best > >>>trade off for now. In addition to that, related help screen could be > >>>amended to clarify that behavior. > >>> > >>>Unless we work out another solution, if you agree, I would proceed with > >>>this approach. I think filing separate CR would be perhaps appropriate > >>>as these > >>>changes would end up if install gate (while config-user ones will > >>>go into ON one). > >>> > >> > >>I don't have a better idea, but I'd like Drew to agree with this, too. > > > >I think this solution has the most merit. We can alter sysconfig > >to detect this entire condition and inform the user during > >sysconfig rather than after the fact (when the system is in > >maintenance mode) and point them to documentation to help them. > > > >Also, with sysconfig groups project, coming back later (after the > >datasets and mountpoints are set correctly) to only configure the > >admin user will be considerably easier on the user. > > Thank you, Drew. > > Since the thread is relatively long, let me try to summarize > proposed changes below to be sure I haven't forgotten anything. > > Drew, Dave, Mike, please let me know if I missed or misunderstood > any point. > > Thank you very much, > Jan > > > [1] SCI tool > > SCI tool will check for presence of parent of home ZFS dataset. > If the parent is missing, creation of initial user account will be disabled. > Related help screen will be enhanced to clarify the reason. > > [2] config-user smf service > > config-user will not create parents of home ZFS dataset. If any of parent > is missing, config-user willinform in smf log file which datasets > are missing > and in default case (home ZFS dataset not explicitly specified in SC > manifest) > it will also provide set of commands which could be used to create > missing datasets. > Then the service will enter maintenance mode. > > Example of error message logged in default case: > > "Service failed to create home directory ZFS dataset for initial > user, because following > parent ZFS datasets are missing (were not created during installation): > > rpool/export > rpool/export/home > > To recover from the failure, create parent dataset(s) manually on > command line with: > > zfs create -o mountpoint=/export rpool/export > zfs create rpool/export/home > > then clear the service using 'svcadm clear config-user'. > Alternatively, reinstall > affected system(s) using ai_manifest(4) specifying appropriate > entries for those > ZFS datasets (refer to /usr/share/auto-install/manifest/default.xml > as an example)." > > [3] Default AI manifests > > Section defining creation of <root_pool>/export and <root_pool>/export/home > ZFS datasets will be enriched with comment clarifying impact of not creating > those datasets (i.e. how configuration of initial user account is to > be affected). > > [4] Documentation > > Existing documentation will be examined to make sure it provides correct > and complete information. >
That all sounds reasonable to me. -- Mike Gerdts Solaris Core OS / Zones _______________________________________________ caiman-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss
