> I am anxiously awaiting the Dachstein-CD with IPSec to upgrade my LRP 2.9.7 > to allow VPN access. I've been watching the postings and I have the > following two suggestions:
I'm working on getting IPSec running now... > 1) It would be VERY desireable (pretty please --- saves me setting up a > devel system and recompiling...) to use IPSec 1.91 WITH x.509. I think > "arne @ loopback . org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has (or claims to!) a > good working version of it. I haven't looked at the patches required for x.509 support. If only the IPSec stuff changes, I may add this (or you can grab the binaries from arne's package). If the x.509 patch requires changes to the KLIPS code in the kernel, I probably won't deal with it (too many kernels to re-compile & not enough time) > 2) WRT the backup and readonly, Charles was suggesting that he will default > the backup location to be adjusted if the files are loaded from a r/o drive. > Have you considered the case (that I use all the time) where some files in > question are loaded from a write protected floppy but when it comes to > backing up, it's just a matter of popping out the floppy, write enabling > then popping it back in. If the backup location is altered because the > floppy booted write protected (read only), that would screw me up (or > require me to boot with write protection off)! So far, the only reliable way I've been able to test for RO vs RW is to check /proc/mounts, and I'm not real anxious to add even more reliance on the /proc directory (which is not guaranteed to remain stable from one kernel version to the next). If I do implement this functionality, the backup location for a package would default to the boot= device if all located packages were on RO devices, and boot= *should* be writable storage area, even if it isn't writable when booting. Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
