A hostname field would be nice, I don't have issues setting one after the fact though.



On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 11:01 AM Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> wrote:
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 9:41 PM Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@greshko.com> wrote:
>
> This will probably be considered a "minor" pain.  And, since I don't use GNOME except
> in a VM for testing, I guess it is.
>
> I'd just like to go on record to say I dislike a few things about the install process.
>
> 1.  There is no option to set the hostname during install.
>

There is, but it's non-obvious. You have to set it in GNOME Settings
before running the installer. I've complained about this in the past
as well.

> 2.  User creation is delayed until first boot and at the time of creation there is no
> option to specify the UID and GID.  So, if you're like me, and use existing
> NFS services and your primary user doesn't have 1000/1000 for them you have to either
> know to create an initial throw away account  or manually make changes
> later.

Or use FreeIPA/Active Directory to manage users and enroll as a client
instead. This is generally a better idea than manually copying IDs
around every time you deploy a new machine.
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