In Unattended 4.0b, we added some new files to the install/site
directory:
hardware.csv
software.csv
sample-config.pl
The file "sample-config.pl" is the actual config.pl which Shad uses.
It automatically sets several installation parameters based on the
values in two comma-separated-value (CSV) spreadsheets.
We are thinking about making this behavior, or something like it, the
default for the next release. So this message is both a description
of the implementation and a request for feedback on it.
The first spreadsheet, hardware.csv, has fields for MAC address,
computer name, "owner" (aka. [UserData]/FullName), and organization.
These are fairly self-explanatory... If the MAC address of the system
matches a line in the spreadsheet, the remaining fields will be used
to fill in the corresponding unattend.txt parameters. In other words,
the MAC is the "index key" for this spreadsheet.
The second spreadsheet, software.csv, lists software licenses. It has
fields for "owner", "software" (the name of the software product), the
license key, and the local admin password. The "owner" and "software"
keys are the index keys for this spreadsheet. The "software" field
must match the operating system name (e.g., "Windows XP
Professional"). The "owner" field must match either the MAC address,
user name, computer name, or organization of the machine. If a match
is found, the license key and administrator password are set from the
values in the spreadsheet.
The idea is that a software license is "owned" by a machine (MAC
address or name), or by a user, or by an organization (think volume
licenses).
I am thinking of ways to generalize this to use a key other than MAC
address, like (say) the Dell service tag. More on that later. But
the implementation described here would still be the default.
What do you folks think?
(By the way, it is a fully functioning implementation. If you want to
try it out, just copy sample-config.pl to Z:\site\config.pl.)
- Pat
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