Ok, after much experimentation, here's what I found: A person can not export a configuration using the backup utility in EFW, then re-gunzip it and import it and everything work correctly.
Explanation: I took a working, no problems simple install of EFW 2.5.1 and exported the configuration, then unzipped it, changed nothing but simply re-zipped it with PowerArchiver and uploaded it back into the same installation and restored it. Afterwards, it looks like everything is ok, but services show as not running, it is impossible to ssh into it with putty, etc. I wonder if this is only because I am using Windows XP and PowerArchiver? I also unzipped using WinRar but still needed powerarchiver to rezip. The files re-import as backup achives without problem, and the restore seems fine at first, but too many things don't work. Keep in mind that I did not change anything in the files. Originally, I wanted to change the file "fixedleases" inside the folder dhcp and I thought maybe it was changing any file that created this problem. As a test, then, I changed nothing and still this is the same. Perhaps it is not possible to un-gzip and re-gzip a backup archive and not have this problem, or perhaps there is some method to doing it that I'm not aware of. Maybe it only works when manipulating the files inside a Linux environment? This is important to me because I want to upgrade installations now and in the future without having to redo all the settings. Especially fixedleases. Does anyone have any knowledge about this? Best of luck to everyone, by the way. - Chad May ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ Efw-user mailing list Efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user
