[17:12] <GrueMaster> Is there a way to preseed oem-config to override existing settings for proxy?  I have to go through a proxy when imaging systems, and when I send them out to customers, I want them to be able to change the proxy settings for their environment.
[17:13] <xnox> GrueMaster: it's best to auto-provision proxy settings in your environemnt. by default systems should come without proxy-settings / set to auto-detect, such that end-user sets up proxy themself (or not need any in most cases)
[17:14] <xnox> GrueMaster: if that's not enough, you can write a plugin for oem-config & drop it in to display custom setup pages as you wish.
[17:14] <GrueMaster> How do you configure that on Ubuntu server?
[17:14] <GrueMaster> The auto-provision part.
[17:15] <xnox> GrueMaster: your dhcp should provide it, check documentation of the dhcp daemon you are using. More of a support question on #ubuntu-server. As I don't know how to set that up =) i just know that it can be done.
[17:16] <GrueMaster> Ah, well that won't work here.  I have no control over our DHCP servers.
[17:16] <GrueMaster> Guess I will have to look at option 2.
[17:19] <xnox> GrueMaster: depending on the boot parameters you can make the proxy settings not persist across the reboots. Or clear them before doing "ship system for the user"
[17:24] <GrueMaster> Problem is during the network setup, debconf asks for proxy settings, which get stored in /etc/apt/apt.conf.
[17:24] <GrueMaster> So I'll need to do a post-install cleanse.