YaST/Tips/Custom Modules

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Custom Modules

Invisible Modules

These modules have no UI at all but write some configuration. They can be used at the installation process when Making a SUSE based distribution, so that we (our organisation) can have default parameters set. For example, for setting a default user even before the users YaST module is shown.

• Ldap authentication configuration
• Ldap server configuration
• Hostname and domain name configuration
• Users configuration
• Static network configuration

You can compile them by doing "ycpc -c name.ycp". The modules are named inst_* but, when you add them to the control.xml file (on your DVD), you must remove the inst_ prefix. If you want to use these modules before the first boot, they must be in the root file (boot/arch/ directory in the DVD). Otherwise, they must be present on your hard disc (so write an rpm that installs them).

Others

• Select additional pattern This module lets you select an additional pattern. For this module to work, the modules/Packages.ycp needs some hacking.

See also

• A simple autoinstallation with autoYaST can do the setup shown above as well without the need to write your own module.
• autoYaST