Solaris

Hi there, I need to install the Sun explorer package on hundreds of boxes and am writing a script to install it ..However, When you run

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pkgadd -d SUNWexplo

It is interactive .....well i say interactive ...it gives you two questions both of which I answer a simple yes to.

So i tried

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pkgadd -n SUNWexplo

but it says

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"Installation of <SUNWexplo> was suspended (interaction required)."

mmmmm, interaction required ..ok, ill use pkgask to create a response file, but when I run

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pkgask -r SUNWexplo

i get ....

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pkgask: ERROR: package does not contain an interactive request script

so it is interactive, then it isnt interactive .....??? does anybody know if i can get this to install without asking me questions

any help would be greatly appreciated

You need an admin file not a respone file for this package.

Do I still use pkgask for admin files ?

No, you will need to create it manually.

Sorry but how do I create an admin file with just 2 `y`s in it ?

do following

# vi /var/sadm/install/admin/nocheck

mail=
instance=overwrite
partial=nocheck
runlevel=nocheck
idepend=nocheck
space=ask
setuid=nocheck
confiict=nocheck
action=nocheck
basedir=default
# pkgadd -a /var/sadm/install/admin/nocheck -d .

If it is literaly hundreds of boxes, another way of doing it is with expect scripts. You can automate copying the SUNWexplo package to all boxes and installing it.