>From what I've found, if you modify the normal config files, then they will stay until the next time you update your server. When you update your server, they get restored back to the origional, packaged state. It's best to stick to the _custom files as much as possible.
John McCollough LAN Network Connections, Inc (603)622-8557 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Time Bandit Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 2:14 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Summary of "Trixbox vs. custom install" > I also include a consideration from mine: I would happily use Trixbox, > because I did FreePBX setup once and it was a real pain, but I'm very > frightened by a few issues: > > 1) Trixbox "Macho" installation that installs everything without > asking. I, for example, would like to use software RAID (maybe it's > wrong with Asterisk, but I want to do it!). I wouldn't like doing it > manually after Trixbox installation. I would like to have an installer > doing it for me. Centos (ex redhat) installer does it, so why Trixbox > choose to install everything without prompting? You can just install CentOS with RAID and whatever you want, then use the Trixbox tar package instead of the ISO. Still, why on earth did the Trixbox team didn't leave the option of doing a custom install with the ISO ? > 2) How easy it is to find Trixbox SRPMS? Is it possible to compile > new software (i.e. Asterisk or FreePBX, etc..) on Trixbox without > having to rewrite all the configuration files, changing all paths, all > permissions, and so on... You can update Asterisk/zaptel/whatever by just downloading the source and compiling it. My home system was installed with [EMAIL PROTECTED] on version 0.8 (if memory serves me right) and I upgraded Asterisk and Zaptel to version 1.0.10 by downloading and compiling. I know, this is a really old version and I should upgrade, but hey, it is doing everything I need and it is stable (uptime of 315 days). IMHO, Trixbox can me customized alot, but you need to know where and what to modify. I believe that if you know enough about how Asterisk work, you can get around Trixbox limitations. One thing to remember is that the files you can modify are the _custom.conf files. Never touch the _additional.conf files, they will get overwritten next time you click "Apply changes" in the GUI. The normal base files (sip.conf. iax.conf, etc) can be modified since the GUI doesn't touch them. But I also think that there is nothing that can beat a plain install as far as customization go. YMMV _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
