Automatic is fine... when it works. As we all know, though, pothing's
nerfect.
I think Darrell is hinting toward something interesting -- a package of
low-level admin tools that can do things the "normal" e-smith console/web
manager panels cannot. Perhaps not a part of the standard e-smith distro,
but maybe an RPM for resellers and admins? Being able to manipulate the
configuration file is well and good, but there may be some room for some
automation for 3rd party admins and support.
J. Scott Smith
The Reynolds and Reynolds Company
800 Germantown St - Dayton, Ohio 45407
voice: 937-485-2956
fax: 937-485-5644
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Samuel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:20 AM
> To: Darrell May
> Cc: e-smith-devinfo (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo] 4.1B3 Broken Backup/Restore Panel
>
>
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Darrell May wrote:
>
> > > The restore status is stored in /etc/e-smith/restore. To reset the
> > > status (I don't recommend doing this unless you KNOW that
> something
> > > has gone wrong) do this
> > >
> > > /sbin/e-smith/db /etc/e-smith/restore setprop restore
> state idle
> > >
> >
> > Thanks Peter, that worked fine and restored the panel.
> Would something like
> > this be good to incorporate into the panel as a 'reset' action with
> > appropriate warning of course? Might save a lot of support calls.
>
> I'd prefer it to be handled automatically - I don't want to think
> about people accidentally reseting the status and then running another
> backup/restore on an incomplete system.
>
> --
> Regards
> Peter
> ----------
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> happy ones left"
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