Hey, Actually concerning getting a SSH daemon running on systems while running was quite easy... (This comes in very handy for us with systems that don't have remote console access or local access... handy way to diagnose issues with the imaging if they fail as si_monitor can only do that.. monitor. Would be cool to have this in the Virtual Console)
Here's what I've done, I've extracted the /usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/standard/boel_binaries.tar.gz file and made some of my own modifications and anybody could do the same if they desire the same functionality... After modifying the contents, I just compress it back up and replace it in that directory. this is required to start sshd: mkdir var/empty this is required to connect as root user.. password is welcome - can always use your own existing shadow file with your own credentials: echo "root:$1$BaJP0SOv$452iJT862e01qxXzTlR5m0:13530:0:99999:7:::" > etc/shadow the next thing I did was copy my existing rsa and dsa keys from our environment in the etc/ssh directory. You could create your own with ssh-keygen if you don't have your own. I also modified my sshd_config conf file in etc/ssh as well to my environment. cp ssh_host_dsa_key | cp ssh_host_rsa_key | cp ssh_host_key and make sure permissions are 0600 Next I've edited my master files under /var/lib/systemimager/scripts and the template file under /etc/systemimager/ - the autoinstallscript.template The very first thing I've done, even before ". /tmp/variables.txt" is add these lines: # Start SSHD /bin/mount /dev/pts /sbin/sshd And that's it... since my hosts are assigned IP's from DHCPD STATICALLY, I can then just ssh into the hostname of the system that is being reimaged. I guess that this is something fairly simple to integrate into the systemimager suite if you so choose (as a option or whatnot) .. let me know if I can assist any further. Jason Andrea Righi wrote: > Jason Knudsen wrote: > >> That's fantastic news!!! >> >> Thanks to everyone who has made this possible! >> >> So what exactly does si_psh do? is it a method to connect to the console >> of systems that are reimaging? >> >> > > No, it's a simple distributed shell (a wrapper to ssh) to run a command > on ranges or lists of nodes, _after_ they've been installed. For the > future we could consider to start sshd on the imaging clients (this > should be a point of the TODO list). In this case you'll be able to use > si_psh also to run commands on the imaging nodes... at the moment the > only way to see the remote console of the nodes while they are > installing it's the virtual console in si_monitortk... > > Regards, > -Andrea > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Sisuite-users mailing list > Sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Sisuite-users mailing list Sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
