Bug 809880 - [RFE] Run firstboot or just the installer in a user-session
Summary: [RFE] Run firstboot or just the installer in a user-session
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: oVirt
Classification: Retired
Component: ovirt-node
Version: 4.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
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Assignee: Fabian Deutsch
QA Contact: bugs@ovirt.org
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Whiteboard: node
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-04-04 14:45 UTC by Fabian Deutsch
Modified: 2014-03-24 17:03 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2014-03-24 17:03:39 UTC
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Description Fabian Deutsch 2012-04-04 14:45:16 UTC 
Description of problem:
Currently the firstboot and the installer is run within the boot process. This is leading to a couple of bugs and dirty hacks.
E.g. it is not recommended to have an interactive boot process in the systemd era. It's also problematic to initiate a reboot from within the boot process.

A solution for this kind of problem could be, to pull the installer or the whole firstboot part into a user session, so using it as the bash for the root (or non root) account without a password.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Current.

How reproducible:
Always.

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Expected results:
Better user experience, less bugs and hacks.

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Comment 1 Fabian Deutsch 2014-03-24 17:03:39 UTC 
The installer should be kept in the installation process, because many following services which willr ely on install-time informations.

Also anaconda does it the same way.
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