Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: debian-installer
To automatically install identical workstations, we use preseeding in
conjunction with a netboot. At the end of the installation, we need to
configure some host-specific values on the machine. To do so, we use the
following construct:
d-i preseed/late_command string \
[...]
in-target /tmp/set_hostspecific_values;
"set_hostspecific_values" is of course copied into the right directory
first.
Within "set_hostspecific_values", we need to access NIS data related to that
machine. In order to do so and use ypcat, we need to start up NIS. In
Hardy/8.04, this was possible with
/etc/init.d/portmap start
/etc/init.d/nis start
In Karmic, this fails. With some digging I found that the portmap start fails
with some message about portmap being converted to an upstart service and ends
with
start: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/
upstart: Connection refused
Hence, the NIS start fails as well (as portmap is not running) and ypcat
does not work. I have already found some hints at problems with Upstart
and chroot environments (which is what the installer uses), so I'm not
sure whether this is a bug in Upstart or in the installer. In any case,
I would expect this to work in Karmic as it has in Hardy.
** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[karmic] Cannot start services on target during autoinstall
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516528
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