Re: Enterprise install

On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 03:52:02PM +0100, Antony Gelberg wrote:
1. Is it possible to install Ubuntu with the standard Debian setup of a
root user? I know that the default is to have a standard local user
who belongs to various groups and can use sudo. We don't want that. We
will be pulling user and group information from LDAP, and don't want any
local users other than root.

Yes. Install in expert mode and give a root password, and you'll get
this behaviour.

2. Is it possible to seed the Ubuntu install in the same way as Debian?
We would like to automate large parts of it, with regard to things like
network configuration, installed packages etc.

Yes. See:

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/main/installer-i386/current/doc/manual/en/ch04s06.html
(Breezy)

http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/install/i386/ch04s06.html
(Dapper)

Cheers,

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