On Sep 4, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Clara Chan wrote: > Thanks, Lonnie. > > That explanation was greatly appreciated, I was wanting to know the > difference between unionfs and keydisk, in terms of file structure > and that painted a fairly clear picture. I have already started > from scratch on the unionfs system, but trying to apply what I > learnt in the 0.4.8 version to this.
Good... but no more "mount -o rw,remount /" in 0.6 (and Darrick's images). Erase that from your brain. :-) > > > In the previous version of the web interface, it was required to > ummount the file system prior to changing any configuration, I > presume as this is no longer an option, it is no longer required? Yes, it is no longer required. Regarding the web interface prefs, if / mnt/kd/webgui-prefs.txt exists, the new web interface will use that file, otherwise a prefs.txt file in the base of the web directory will be used. > > > Btw, as a general question, I am having trouble in changing my > password on the new system. Is "mount -o rw,remount /" still > required, prior to "passwd"?? A reboot erases the changes I make to > the "passwd" command. "passwd" will use unionfs to save the shadow files in /oldroot/mnt/ asturw/etc/ the overlay layer to the read-only system image at /etc/ . > > > Cheers, > Clara Lonnie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > Lonnie Abelbeck > Sent: Fri 9/5/2008 9:53 AM > To: AstLinux Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] zaptel.conf > > Clara, > > I'll try to add a little insight, you might be at a good point to take > your knowledge and start over with a freshly formatted card. > > 1) unionfs vs. kd : In the past, an additional write-able partition > for a 'keydisk' (/mnt/kd/) was the only way non-volatile configuration > files could be referenced along side a read-only system image. The > latest addition of unionfs allows a write-able partition to overlay > the read-only system image and magically make the read-only system > image appear read-write. > > A key point is that even if you are not using a third partition for a > keydisk, and only using unionfs in the second partition (as Darrick > suggests in the notes), you will still want to place all your > configuration files in the /mnt/kd/ path. This also has the added > benefit that all your configuration files are under a single directory > tree, so backups and restores are simple. > > A simple example, your zaptel.conf should be placed in /mnt/kd/ > zaptel.conf. This is the AstLinux way. Creating /etc/zaptel.conf > (via unionfs) will not work, and possibly cause trouble. You might > think this is silly, but pre-unionfs dictated this solution, and as > stated above, has other benefits. > > So, if you have a configuration file to edit or add, find where in > the /mnt/kd/ path it belongs. > > 2) /mnt/kd/rc.conf vs /mnt/kd/rc.conf.d/ : AstLinux configuration > settings can occur in only two ways, either a single /mnt/kd/rc.conf > file or all the *.conf files in the /mnt/kd/rc.conf.d/ directory. the > rc.conf.d/ directory has precedence, so if it exists, the rc.conf file > will be ignored (as Justin has demonstrated in his post.) The new web > interface uses the rc.conf.d/ directory, so a convention is suggested > that user settings not handled by the web interface should be placed > in the /mnt/kd/rc.conf.d/user.conf file. The ZAPMODS variable is such > an example. I discuss this in the altweb documentation. > > New Web Interface Documentation: > http://lonnie.abelbeck.com/astlinux/info/webgui.php > > I hope this adds a little insight to the AstLinux configuration > schema. You want want to start fresh, using the /mnt/kd/zaptel.conf > file you built and add ZAPMODS in either /mnt/kd/rc.conf or /mnt/kd/ > rc.conf.d/user.conf > > Regards, > Lonnie > > On Sep 4, 2008, at 5:33 PM, Clara Chan wrote: > >> As I am currently trying to use unionfs instead of a keydisk, and >> trying to edit zaptel.conf, can somebody advise which configuration >> files I should be editting, the below conf files are all headed with >> '# Autogenerated by /usr/local/sbin/sangoma/setup-sangoma -- do not >> hand edit >> # Zaptel Channels Configurations (zaptel.conf)' >> >> find / -name zaptel.conf >> /mnt/kd/wanpipe/wancfg_zaptel/templates/zaptel.conf >> /etc/zaptel.conf >> /stat/etc/wanpipe/wancfg_zaptel/templates/zaptel.conf >> /oldroot/mnt/asturw/mnt/kd/wanpipe/wancfg_zaptel/templates/ >> zaptel.conf >> /oldroot/mnt/asturw/etc/zaptel.conf >> /oldroot/mnt/asturo/stat/etc/wanpipe/wancfg_zaptel/templates/ >> zaptel.conf >> /oldroot/mnt/asturo/etc/zaptel.conf >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > . > > > > < > winmail > .dat > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/_______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > . ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
