Kristian,
I am amazed at your ability to generate package definitions so quickly.  Do
you use a tool for this or do you borrow from some other distribution for
your package definitions?

For instance, I would love to create the package definitions for the nfsd
and mountd issue, but it would take me a couple hours to get it all
together.  You seem to be able to generate these on the fly.

I am sure it a good deal experience, but is there something else?

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From: Kristian Kielhofner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 12:48 PM
To: Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash;
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Subject: [Astlinux-users] AstLinux supports rendezvous/bonjour!


Hello everyone,

        In response to a recent thread discussing some of the difficulties
in 
"finding" a recently installed AstLinux machine on a network, I started 
researching the best way to advertise the services that are typically 
offered with an AstLinux system.

        This lead me, naturally, to rendezvous/bonjour.  This is a fantastic

protocol that allows you to advertise all types of protocols and various 
service parameters.

        As of now in astlinux-trunk, AstLinux will advertise the following 
services:

- SIP
- IAX
- HTTP
- HTTPS
- SSH
- NTP

        with a default advertise name of "AstLinux PBX".  As usual, you can 
disable this behavior (or change the advertised name), with a simple 
change to rc.conf (the variable name is ADNAME).

        AstLinux 0.5 (when released) will advertise all of these services
"out 
of the box" to help users get started.  I do recommend that once you 
have located the machine and configured it you disable the advertise 
service as it does consume resources and open your system to possible 
security threats.

        This is really pretty cool...  I just flashed a Soekris, booted it
up, 
and my laptop (running Ubuntu) notified me of the new services available 
on my network.  I clicked on AstLinux PBX SIP, and the Ekiga softphone 
that was installed by default made a SIP call to the system and within 
seconds, I was hearing the default Asterisk demo.

        A new drop down box was available on my GNOME toolbar.  One of the 
options was to login via SSH into the AstLinux PBX.  I clicked on this, 
and I was prompted for a password.  I entered the default password and I 
was sitting at the command prompt for the AstLinux system.  Same thing 
goes for the web interface using HTTPS.  Awesome!

        As always, any comments, testing, (even flames) are appreciated.
Let 
me know what you think!

--
Kristian Kielhofner

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