My guess is that you are messing up the line endings. Unix and Windows have different end-of-line markers in text files (<LF> vs <CR><LF>).
Your Windows archive tools probably auto-convert to Windows format when you expand, but fail to convert to Linux format when you re-build the archive. Igor On Sep 20, 2012, at 18:48, efw-u...@chadmay.com wrote: > > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ Efw-user mailing list Efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user
