Re: [leaf-devel] Webconfiguration package.

2003-01-31 Thread Erich Titl
Hi Eric and list first thanks for the wakeup call... Some time ago I was leaning a bit out of the window by believing I would have lots of time for the config package, the truth is, I didn't. I tried to build a little working example of a small configuration issue (just the keyboad configurati

Re: [leaf-devel] [config] Webconfig wish list

2003-01-31 Thread Eric Wolzak
Hello Ray Matt, first of all thanks for your reactions. > I know I too am coming into this late, but let me offer a couple of thoughts. > > Basically, I think Matt's standards are a bit too high. He writes: > > >Honestly I can't think of anything I need to do remotely > >over a web config progr

Re: [leaf-devel] [config] Webconfig wish list

2003-01-31 Thread Ray Olszewski
I know I too am coming into this late, but let me offer a couple of thoughts. Basically, I think Matt's standards are a bit too high. He writes: Honestly I can't think of anything I need to do remotely over a web config program once the system is booted that I can't do with ssh. But that's why

Re: [leaf-devel] [config] Webconfiguration package.

2003-01-31 Thread Eric Wolzak
Hello Lynn A few notes to think about . - on the security issue we agree. What I wanted to do was to keep the possibility for users to keep to the original way of modifying. ( plain txt editing) This made it more difficult to parse such files, but also more flexible. If they inserted a comment

[leaf-devel] [config] Webconfig wish list

2003-01-31 Thread Matt Schalit
In an effort to define the problem, which presumably is a lack of ability to administer a LEAF box in other ways, I'm asking for the top 5 things you'd like to be able to administer? Here are mine: 1) Install boot modules before ever booting LEAF 2) Install nic modules before ever

[leaf-devel] Shorewall Upgrade under Bering

2003-01-31 Thread Tom Eastep
Has anyone written instructions for the best way to do this? I would like to include it (by reference if nothing else) in the Shorewall Install/Upgrade instructions. Thanks, -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Shorewall - iptables made easy Shoreline,\ http://www.shorewall.net Washington USA \ [EMAIL PRO

Re: [leaf-devel] [config] Webconfiguration package.

2003-01-31 Thread Matt Schalit
Lynn Avants wrote: As I noted, this post is to submit where I am with [snip] Thoughts, comments, suggestions, or flames??? Nuts! That's my flame. Nuts. This whole idea I mean. Don't get me wrong... I'm all down for doinking around in a GUI to do some of the config, but ya'll are going ab

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering syslinux.cfg "rw" option

2003-01-31 Thread K.-P. Kirchdörfer
Am Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2003 19:43 schrieb Matt Johnston: > Hi all. > > I compiled my own kernel (2.4.20, pretty much stock except mppe etc) for > Bering 1.0.2uclibc, and it refused to boot properly. Using the stock > kernel, it all worked fine. > > Eventually I figured out that for some reason,

Re: [leaf-devel] Using lilo or grub

2003-01-31 Thread Simon Blake
Grub works a charm with LEAF - I've been using it with Bering for ages. I like it because it has decent security, good serial console support, and happily boots FreeDOS as well. I use DOS as a lifesaver when I've rendered a Bering system unbootable with a bung kernel or package - it takes about 1M