if you boot from network, you can easily put the network credentials in the
pxelinux.cfg/default file:
kernel blablabla *z_path*=//example_server/install *z_user=*example_user *
z_pass*=example_pass
using these options, the only place where the network credentials reside is
in this file. The security concern remains however, since everyone that can
do a tftp get can read this info, thereby gaining access to the install
share, that often contains the local admin passwords + the network admin
login/pass for domain joining :(
Maybe in some future version it would be possible to use some kind of
encryption to store the info, but even then...
I wonder how RIS deals with tis?
Michael
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 10:44 PM, kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Allan,
>
> I'm not a member of the project. Just a user. Everything I've learned is
> from reading the documentation and searching through the mailing list
> archives and trial and error.
>
> http://unattended.sourceforge.net/
> http://unattended.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
> http://unattended.sourceforge.net/lists.php
>
> You can make changes to the unattend.txt under z:\lib, you can also read up
> on the documentation for dynamic site configuration (see documentation link
> above) and use files under z:\site
>
> I don't use guest either. I have my setup to where it asks me the
> following, some of these could be auto-answered, but I don't like putting
> passwords in text files.
>
> -- username/password to connect to the \\ntinstall\install share
> -- Which version of Windows
> -- Base install config (I have 4 workstation setups)
> -- Optional applications
> -- username/password to join domain
> -- password for local admin account
> -- drivers
>
> I think that's about it. I'm using a csv file for the dynamic site config
> to feed the windows key and a few other settings. About a minute to setup
> and answer a few prompts and I walk away for an hour, then it's done. I've
> removed the dotnet and directx installations and made those optional, that
> alone has saved 2 reboots and a considerable chunk of time. I've also
> removed all the unneccessary reboots while installing Windows and Office
> updates, replacing ".reboot-on 194" with ".ignore-err 194". I would link to
> the post I found that in on the archive, but it looks like there is
> currently some problems with the archive. I'm getting a 403 forbidden error
> message, actually it looks like mail-archive.com is having some issues.
>
> kevin
>
> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Allan Quirós <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kevin,
>>
>> I have a question for you...
>>
>> How could I have Unattended use our own unattend.txt file without having
>> to answer the questions every time?
>>
>> We have the guest account disabled throughout the district for security
>> reasons, so we have to override that default account and use our network
>> credentials to access the install share. While this step works great, it
>> also forces us to override the rest of the settings that will go into the
>> unattend.txt file.
>>
>> If it's possible, I would like to know what I need to modify in order to
>> set our own configuration as the default so our techs can install Windows on
>> several machines more efficiently.
>>
>> Thank you very much for your help and have a nice day.
>>
>> Allan Quirós
>> Technology Support Services
>> Central Point School District
>> 541.494.6902
>>
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