Hi all I have noticed an interesting problem.
I specifiy the following lines in unattend.csv:
"00065BF100FA","ComputerName","OOFDTAXA35"
"OOFDTAXA35","FullName","Our Servers"
"Our Severs","UnattendedFile","z:\site\unattend.txt"
which is the default unattended file,
The computername value is set to random, rather than OOFDTAXA35. Note that
the value I specify is the default unattend file. The result is
the same if I specify a file of z:\site\model\E3020.txt.
You subject says there is a bug, yet your message doesn't point out or prove
that there is a bug.
I am looked at the code for this:
config.pl
line's 222-237
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# Lookup and read specific Unattended.txt files
my $media_obj = Unattend::WinMedia->new ($u->{'_meta'}->{'OS_media'});
my $os_name = $media_obj->name ();
foreach my $lookup ("$os_name",
$u->{'UserData'}->{'OrgName'},
$u->{'UserData'}->{'FullName'},
$u->{'UserData'}->{'ComputerName'},
$u->{'_meta'}->{'macaddr'}) {
my $unattended_txt = CONFIG->lookup_value($lookup, 'UnattendedFile');
next unless defined $unattended_txt;
$unattended_txt =~ /^[a-z]:/i
or $unattended_txt = "z:\\site\\" . $unattended_txt;
$unattended_txt = dos_to_host ($unattended_txt);
-e ($unattended_txt)
and $u->read ($unattended_txt);
}
---------------
I am little fuzzy on what happens once we hit "next unless defined".
Please let me know how I can help test any solutions for this bug.
Again what bug. The "next unless defined" goes to the next value if there
wasn't a defined value. This routine was designed to successviely apply
unattenede files going from most generic down to most specific. There is no
need to specify the lib/unattended.txt or site/unattended.txt as these have
allready been applied. What this allows you to do is setup values in a set
of unattended files. The last value applied is the the one that sticks.
Example
--------
lib/unattended.txt contains the following (plus more):
[GuiUnattended]
TimeZone=35
[Components]
iis_common=On
iis_inetmgr=On
iis_www=On
site/unattended.txt contains (plus more):
[Components]
iis_common=Off
iis_inetmgr=Off
iis_www=Off
[_meta]
os_media = "winxp"
middle_scripts = "office2k.bat"
db entry ["Windows XP Professional","UnattendedFile","xp_conf.txt"] points
to "z:\site\xp_conf.txt" and that contains:
[_meta]
fdisk_lba = 1
fdisk_cmds = "fdisk /clear 1;fdisk /pri:4000;fdisk /activate:1"
edit_files = 0
format_cmd = "format /y /z:seriously /q /u /a /v:Main c:"
replace_mbr = 1
middle_scripts = "officexp.bat"
db entry ["{the computer name}","UnattendedFile","comp_123.txt"] points to
"z:\site\comp_123.txt" and that contains:
[GuiUnattended]
TimeZone=10
[Components]
iis_common=On
iis_inetmgr=On
iis_www=On
db entry ["{mac address}","UnattendedFile","00065BF100FA.txt"] points to
"z:\site\00065BF100FA.txt" and that contains:
[_meta]
fdisk_lba = 0
fdisk_cmds = "some format commands to setup 2 partitions"
edit_files = 1
Then you will get a merged unattended.txt file that is applied in the order
above. Of course you could also throw in OrgName and FullName but I think
you will get the idea. So the final unattended txt file that is merged
would look like:
[GuiUnattended]
TimeZone=10
[Components]
iis_common=On
iis_inetmgr=On
iis_www=On
[_meta]
os_media = "winxp"
format_cmd = "format /y /z:seriously /q /u /a /v:Main c:"
replace_mbr = 1
middle_scripts = "officexp.bat"
fdisk_lba = 0
fdisk_cmds = "some format commands to setup 2 partitions"
edit_files = 1
The Components were overwritten a few times but you end up with the most
"specific" (detailed) one which says it is on. Also notice that in the site
unattended file I set os_media to "winxp". I'm assuming that you have a
z:\os\winxp that contains Windows XP and thus will set the os_name properly.
I'm sorry I didn't get around to describing in more detail how this works
when I originally wrote it. I use it all the time and it works great.
There is a small paragraph at the top that sorta describes this behavior:
# The following table shows what Lookup values are used for a
# given Property value. The order shown is the order searched.
# The search ends when a valid entry is returned with the
# exception of UnattendedFile. UnattendedFile will search and
# apply all files in order listed. Default is sort of redundant
# for UnattendedFile as z:\site\unattend.txt is considered Default.
I hope this helps someone and also that someone will document this better on
the site so that others may benefit.
Sorry for any confusion,
-Shad
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