HOWTO : CentOS 6 KickStart Server

This blog post will explain how to build a Kickstart server which is used to automatically perform untattended OS installation and configuration of both RedHat 6 and CentOS 6 machines.

Kickstart is basically a copy of the Solaris Jumpstart. If you manage IBM AIX machines, it's the equivalent of NIM. Or Ignite in the HP-UX world.

RCS and sudo log names

If you're tired of always seeing the root user in the RCS $Id$ tags, then follow this short and to the point blog post to switch this to the real author.