[debian-lan-devel] Reinstall workstations with the same MAC Address again and again will not work.

[Andreas B. Mundt]

Hi Andreas,

On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 05:16:03PM +0200, Andreas Schockenhoff wrote:

> I will reinstall workstations with the same MAC Address again and
> again. Also with the newest improvements from debian lan git it will
> also not work for me. I have overwrite /usr/local/sbin/debian-lan on
> mainserver with the new version from git.

Can you find out why it does not work?  It should just copy the
appropriate keytab to the machine, prompting if the keytab has been
used already (and offering to re-use it).

> If i copy the keytab with scp per hand into the running reinstalled
> workstation it seams to work.
>
> By getting the newest development for debian lan from git I see a
> problem with easy updates.
>
> I want  be in touch with the newest development from debian lan.
>
> But I must do some modifications in the files for my special
> installations. German Keyboard, package acpi-support-base ....
> I will have a special TestClass for easy testing with virtual box ....
>
> I find these files in my config space that are understandable not in
> the git where do the be created?
>
> # Changes to be committed:
> #   (use "git reset HEAD<file>..." to unstage)
> #
> #       modified:   files/etc/ldap/ssl/slapd-cert.pem/LDAP_CLIENT
> #       modified:   files/root/.ssh/authorized_keys/CLIENT_A
> #

These files contain the LDAP certificate and the public key for the
root user on the mainserver to allow password-less login from the
mainserver as root to all clients.  They are created in

           scripts/SERVER_A/10-misc
           scripts/LDAP_SERVER/10-mkslapdcert

>
> If I overwrite the config space with the new configuration from git
> must I secure and restore these files or?

Yes, these files should be kept.

> Is there any best practice update debian lan config space with some
> modified files?

Hm, we have to figure out how to do that best.  Up to now, I intended
to prepare a package for the latest stable Debian release and then
kind of freeze the development for that version.

Perhaps it is possible to make the git repository a remote for the
local config space which would allow to cherry-pick from the alioth
repository.

Best regards,