RE: [Bastille-linux-discuss] RPM

[BUCK,KEITH (HP-FtCollins,ex1) <kei...@am...>]

Patty wrote:
>
> Hi, Thanks for getting back to me. Actually, I have run Bastille
> on machines after they were installed. I guess what I'm looking
> for is instructions on how to turn the untared Bastille distribution
> into an RPM so I can add it the post install part of my kickstart
> script. 
> 
> I read the RPM-HOWTO and it looks to be alot of work. Guess I was
> hoping someone could provide the spec file, header, prep, build,
> etc. I could then taylor the source to my environment and
> then build the package with RPM. 

First, a disclaimer:  I've never built an RPM or used Kickstart, so
I don't know if this will help or not.

I thought that the ability to run Bastille from kickstart sounded
neat, and I wondered why it required an RPM.  I happen to have a
RedHat reference guide sitting next to me on my desk, so I looked
it up.  There is a section in the kickstart file called %post, and
in it you can run commands after the install is done.  So, would it
work to just stick the tarball on your install media (CD or floppy)
or on a known network location (by IP, dns doesn't work yet).  Then
in the %post section you can run arbitrary commands, like 

cp /somewhere/Bastille.tgz /root
cd /root
tar xzf Bastille.tgz
cd Bastille
cp /somewhere/config .
./BackEnd.pl

(or something similar) to implement your configuration of Bastille on your
fresh out-of-the-box machine.

I haven't tested this solution, but it seems like it might work and you
don't even have to make an RPM.

	-Keith Buck
	 Manageability Solutions Lab
	 Hewlett-Packard