Re: [Astlinux-users] Issue regarding the .4.8 release

2007-12-29 Thread John Novack
Darrick Hartman (lists) wrote: Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: On Dec 29, 2007, at 5:41 PM, Darrick Hartman wrote: Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: On Dec 29, 2007, at 2:57 PM, John Novack wrote: When one uses the web editing of rc.conf, and ignores or forgets the instruction elsewhe

Re: [Astlinux-users] Issue regarding the .4.8 release

2007-12-29 Thread Darrick Hartman (lists)
Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > On Dec 29, 2007, at 5:41 PM, Darrick Hartman wrote: > >> Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: >>> On Dec 29, 2007, at 2:57 PM, John Novack wrote: >>> When one uses the web editing of rc.conf, and ignores or forgets the instruction elsewhere to set the filesystem first to rw, i

Re: [Astlinux-users] Issue regarding the .4.8 release

2007-12-29 Thread Lonnie Abelbeck
On Dec 29, 2007, at 5:41 PM, Darrick Hartman wrote: > Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: >> On Dec 29, 2007, at 2:57 PM, John Novack wrote: >> >>> When one uses the web editing of rc.conf, and ignores or forgets >>> the instruction elsewhere to set the filesystem first to rw, it >>> seems one is able to bumb

Re: [Astlinux-users] Issue regarding the .4.8 release

2007-12-29 Thread Darrick Hartman
Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > On Dec 29, 2007, at 2:57 PM, John Novack wrote: > >> When one uses the web editing of rc.conf, and ignores or forgets >> the instruction elsewhere to set the filesystem first to rw, it >> seems one is able to bumble right in, successfully edit and save >> the file wi

Re: [Astlinux-users] Issue regarding the .4.8 release

2007-12-29 Thread John Novack
I agree as to what SHOULD be done, but my real point was that the web editing is there and allowed, and novice users can end up in trouble by doing so. Since I don't even know what is involved to put in any sort of safety net, I can't say what should be done. Gray out the function, change to rw

Re: [Astlinux-users] Issue regarding the .4.8 release

2007-12-29 Thread Lonnie Abelbeck
On Dec 29, 2007, at 2:57 PM, John Novack wrote: > When one uses the web editing of rc.conf, and ignores or forgets > the instruction elsewhere to set the filesystem first to rw, it > seems one is able to bumble right in, successfully edit and save > the file without first setting to rw, then