CentOS - Jul 2014 - 1stboot stuff?

Will anything break if you never log into the console after the
initial reboot?  I just installed my first copy in a VM, and connected
over ssh as I normally would for all access after the install.   But I
just happened to leave the console window open and later noticed that
it was prompting for license acceptance which I didn't see in the ssh
login.    On a more typical install, no one will ever log in at the
console after the network is up.   Will that matter, and is there a
way to keep it from confusing operators that might need to log in with
a crash cart much later?

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   Les Mikesell
      lesmikesell at gmail.com

On 07/11/2014 10:35 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Will anything break if you never log into the console after the
> initial reboot?  I just installed my first copy in a VM, and connected
> over ssh as I normally would for all access after the install.   But I
> just happened to leave the console window open and later noticed that
> it was prompting for license acceptance which I didn't see in the ssh
> login.    On a more typical install, no one will ever log in at the
> console after the network is up.   Will that matter, and is there a
> way to keep it from confusing operators that might need to log in with
> a crash cart much later?
> 

If your typical install is via kickstart, there is a keyword

  eula --agreed


	Thomas

Nothing breaks. Nothing stops working. I do this all the time. I almost never 
login to a local console after the initial reboot of a newly installed system, 
either Fedora or CentOS.

In fact I have a post-install script that turns off the firstboot service and 
terminates it if it is already running - that in addition to many other 
customization tasks that I perform on every Linux box I install. You could then 
uninstall the firstboot RPM if you choose.


On 07/11/2014 01:35 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Will anything break if you never log into the console after the
> initial reboot?  I just installed my first copy in a VM, and connected
> over ssh as I normally would for all access after the install.   But I
> just happened to leave the console window open and later noticed that
> it was prompting for license acceptance which I didn't see in the ssh
> login.    On a more typical install, no one will ever log in at the
> console after the network is up.   Will that matter, and is there a
> way to keep it from confusing operators that might need to log in with
> a crash cart much later?
>
>
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