On Dec 29, 2007, at 5:41 PM, Darrick Hartman wrote: > 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.
That's not entirely true. ;-) If a person has a rc.conf.d directory on the keydisk (as I do) the contents are copied to ramdisk. --- from /etc/rc --- cp -a /mnt/kd/rc.conf.d/*.conf /tmp/etc/rc.conf.d/ ... cat /tmp/etc/rc.conf.d/*.conf >> /tmp/etc/rc.conf 2> /dev/null ------ But, Darrick is correct for a single /mnt/kd/rc.conf keydisk file, that is linked to the system rc.conf file, and when /etc/rc.conf is edited it 'sticks'. Lonnie BTW: Using the keydisk rc.conf.d directory method has the advantage of automatically including any newly defined variables in /stat/etc/ rc.conf from version to version, and my rc.conf.d/z.local.conf file entry only needs to include any differences to the master file. I like that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
