Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > On Dec 29, 2007, at 2:57 PM, John Novack wrote: > >> When one uses the web editing of rc.conf, and ignores or forgets >> the instruction elsewhere to set the filesystem first to rw, it >> seems one is able to bumble right in, successfully edit and save >> the file without first setting to rw, then after a reboot, Linux >> complains that the filesystem is dirty. >> Since it is complaining about hda1, which is the boot device, there >> is no way to fix without booting from a different device. >> I fear that this can be a real tripping point for those of us who >> often are in a fog, and even worse for those who can't even figure >> out how to fix it. >> Shouldn't the web editing feature either set the filesystem to rw >> first, or refuse to allow the save? It seems to me that even >> OPENING the file without making any changes gives the same bad result >> >> Or am I completely off base here? >> >> John Novack > > John, > > The astlinux web interface might be handy to view your rc.conf ( and > other /etc/asterisk/ files ), but I would not use (trust) it to edit > files. Besides, /etc/rc.conf is a link to a temp file in memory. > (Possibly the Save As: and Submit_Changes should be removed in future > versions?)
That's not entirely true. If you don't have a key disk, the rc.conf file is on a ram disk. However, if you do have a key disk setup, the symbolic link does point to the file on the key disk and is editable via the web interface. If you are a new user, you may not be familiar with the key disk. You do not need to set the system into read-write mode to make changes to rc.conf. In fact with future releases, unionfs will allow us to make several other changes without having to remount the system in read-write mode. I'll be the first to admit that the web interface is fairly weak. Neither Kris or myself are web developers (I've done more web work than Kris, but there are many more people who could do a much better job). I'd like to see improvements to the web interface including a "first boot" type page which could be used by a user to walk a user through the initial steps of setting up the box (configure basic networking etc). Any volunteers to help redo the web interface? Look for a 0.5.0 release shortly after the first of the year. When it's released, you'll want to upgrade to that instead of using the 0.4.x releases. Darrick -- Darrick Hartman DJH Solutions, LLC http://www.djhsolutions.com Small Business IT Specialists Office: 920.547.4535 Cell: 920.901.3113 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
