[cobbler] Lost kickstart inheritance from profile?

Nishanth Aravamudan nacc at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Sep 4 15:21:57 UTC 2014


Hi Gary,

On 04.09.2014 [10:45:19 -0400], Gary Algier wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Am I missing something or did the <<inherit>> ability disappear from
> the kickstart parameter on a system definition?
> 
> Our old cobbler server is running 2.0.9.  When I define a system,
> the kickstart parameter is a text box that defaults to <<inherit>>.
> I then get what I want because I choose the profile which defines a
> kickstart parameter (along with other interdependent parameters).
> 
> Our new server is running 2.6.5.  When I define a system, the
> kickstart parameter is a pull-down that defaults to default.ks.  It
> does not matter what profile I choose, it will not override this
> default.  I need to pick the kickstart parameter on the system
> definition.  If this is the case, why is there a kickstart parameter
> on the profile?  It is always ignored.
> 
> Is there a way to get back the inheritance from the profile?

This is a bug introduced upstream:
https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/cobbler-devel/2014-August/002815.html

-Nish



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