How to install Linux daemon using Kickstart

Question

%post --log=/root/ks-post.log  --interpreter /bin/sh

exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3 2>&1
chvt 3    

cat > /mnt/sysimage/etc/init.d/daemon <<EOL
  #stuff goes here
EOL

chmod 755 /mnt/sysimage/etc/init.d/daemon 
ln -s /mnt/sysimage/etc/init.d/daemon /mnt/sysimage/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S09daemon 
chvt 1

The problem is that daemon does not exist in /etc/init.d/ and when I remove /mnt/sysimage prefix, kickstart freezes in post install.

Answer 1

There is no /mnt/sysimage directory in your freshly installed system.

Remember that %post operates within the chroot environment, unless you explicitly tell it not to do so.

To resolve the problem, use the correct pathnames.