On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Joseph L. Casale<[email protected]> wrote: > Is there anything I should know about writing configs by hand > and importing the xml? Are there any things internally that may > invalidate this aside from obvious syntax errors? >
Be *very* careful, there are all kinds of things you can break because you're bypassing the input validation that happens in the GUI. I do it all the time when making massive changes, like when adding dozens or hundreds of VIPs I'll write a script to write out that portion of the config as desired and drop it into a backup. But I live and breathe this stuff and still mess up manual modifications on occasion. Test first on a test system before restoring to a production system. Unless it's something that's easily scriptable it's better to make your changes in the GUI. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
