Re: [pfSense Support] Patch and ISO: New Feature -- Auto Configuring Interfaces

2009-07-07 Thread Ermal Luçi
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Chris Buechlerc...@pfsense.org wrote: On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Ermal Luçiermal.l...@gmail.com wrote: To me this is a hack and not a feature. There is a better way to do this things than kludge things here and there in the code. The right fix was proposed

Re: [pfSense Support] Patch and ISO: New Feature -- Auto Configuring Interfaces

2009-07-07 Thread Chris Buechler
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:26 AM, Ermal Luçiermal.l...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Chris Buechlerc...@pfsense.org wrote: On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Ermal Luçiermal.l...@gmail.com wrote: To me this is a hack and not a feature. There is a better way to do this things

Re: [pfSense Support] Patch and ISO: New Feature -- Auto Configuring Interfaces

2009-07-06 Thread Ermal Luçi
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Tim A.pfse...@lists.goldenpath.org wrote: Attached a patch against 1.2.3-rc2 adding support for auto configuring interfaces. By enabling sshd in the default config.xml on the Live CD installer, this eliminates many headaches for installs: No monitor / keyboard

Re: [pfSense Support] Patch and ISO: New Feature -- Auto Configuring Interfaces

2009-07-06 Thread Tim A.
Ermal Luçi wrote: To me this is a hack and not a feature. Technically speaking: Feature is defined in effect. Hack is defined in method. So both terms are appropriate here and not mutually exclusive. pfSense itself is an ultimate Hack conglomerate, gluing together IMO some of the best the

Re: [pfSense Support] Patch and ISO: New Feature -- Auto Configuring Interfaces

2009-07-06 Thread Vick Khera
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Tim A.pfse...@lists.goldenpath.org wrote: I missed that episode. POLA? Principle of Least Astonishment - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [pfSense Support] Patch and ISO: New Feature -- Auto Configuring Interfaces

2009-07-06 Thread Chris Buechler
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Ermal Luçiermal.l...@gmail.com wrote: To me this is a hack and not a feature. There is a better way to do this things than kludge things here and there in the code. The right fix was proposed once and not everybody liked the POLA breaking. I don't recall that

[pfSense Support] Patch and ISO: New Feature -- Auto Configuring Interfaces

2009-07-05 Thread Tim A.
Attached a patch against 1.2.3-rc2 adding support for auto configuring interfaces. By enabling sshd in the default config.xml on the Live CD installer, this eliminates many headaches for installs: No monitor / keyboard / mouse required. No console cable required. Install to headless boxes that

Re: [pfSense Support] Patch and ISO: New Feature -- Auto Configuring Interfaces

2009-07-05 Thread Tim Nelson
Tim A. wrote: Attached a patch against 1.2.3-rc2 adding support for auto configuring interfaces. By enabling sshd in the default config.xml on the Live CD installer, this eliminates many headaches for installs: No monitor / keyboard / mouse required. No console cable required. Install to

Re: [pfSense Support] Patch and ISO: New Feature -- Auto Configuring Interfaces

2009-07-05 Thread Matt Hohman
This would have saved my bacon a couple months ago... Thanks for the great add. Thanks, Matt Hohman New Heights Church Sent from my iPhone On Jul 5, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Tim Nelson wrote: Tim A. wrote: Attached a patch against 1.2.3-rc2 adding support for auto configuring interfaces. By

Re: [pfSense Support] Patch and ISO: New Feature -- Auto Configuring Interfaces

2009-07-05 Thread Tim A.
Thanks for the kind words, guys. I'm thinking of a gotcha though. I need to add awareness of live CD or normal operations to the function though. This is all in the set_networking_interfaces_ports() function. Which is called from several places, like, during boot up and from the rc.initial