Description of problem: The user 'liveuser' gets added in /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys, which is put there by fedora-live-base.ks, which is the base kickstart file for other live builds. It works fine when just using local authentication, but if LDAP (or presumably anything else) is turned on, then it causes problems when livesys tries to add the user, because it tries to add it on the LDAP server rather than just locally. This is a shame: it ought to be possible to use fedora-live-base.ks as an include file for a live build that uses LDAP. Is there any reason for adding liveuser so late in the day? Wouldn't it be better if it were added in the %post script? That way, the user would already exist when the system boots up, and the problem wouldn't arise. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 0.10.3-3 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Make a kickstart file that has the lines %include /path/to/fedora-live-base.ks auth --useshadow --enablemd5 --enablecache --enableldap --enableldapauth --enablelocauthorize --ldapserver=blah.com --ldapbasedn="dc=blah,dc=com" 2. Use livecd-creator to build the image 3. Boot up from new image 4. Sob for mummy Actual results: Hangs at the line 'Adding live user' Expected results: Boots up normally Additional info: I suspect this applies to rawhide too but I have not been able to check this.
If you modify the auth to go through LDAP, then maybe also edit /etc/init.d/livesys to not create a user.