Advice on Compact Flash Operation required

Hi folks,

I'm currently setting up a linux unit to boot and operate 
from a compact flash disk (SanDisk).
I'd like to use webmin to configure/monitor this unit.

The main goal is to reduce any writes caused by 
webmin to the compact flash disk -  since it has a
limited life time regarding writes to it. So any temporary
files created during the operation of webmin I'd like
to reduce or eliminate.

I'll be putting /tmp and /var to a RAM Filesystem so
that will help there for any writes webmin makes
to those dirs.

The other main thing I can think of regarding webmin
is the creation/deletion of lock files by the lock_file and
unlock_file functions. My idea here is to modify these
functions to create/delete this lock file from under the 
/tmp/.webmin dir (ie the pathname of the file with the
.lock extension could be created with the root dir
being /tmp/.webmin instead of /. 
eg /tmp/.webmin/etc/resolv.conf.lock instead of
/etc/resolv.conf.lock)

Is there any other element of webmin that I have
overlooked that should need changing as well ?

I'd be interested in any advice you may have on 

Open File Manager with a specific directory?

Hi, I'm working on a webmin module, and I have a page where I would like to
open File Manager to a specific directory (to make it easier for the user
to edit the files in that directory). Is this possible? The behavior I
would like to see is similar to the behavior of File Manager when root is
set to a specific directory in the acl file. However, I don't want to
change the acl file, but would like to be able to pass a directory
parameter to File Manager (which would only open the directory if the user
had acl access).

If this behavior isn't possible, that's okay, I'll just instruct the user
to browse to the needed directory. Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Jennifer Cranfill
AIX/Linux Cluster Development, IBM, Poughkeepsie, NY
Email: jcran <at> us.ibm.com    Phone: 845-433-6656, TL 293-6656

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Re: Advice on Compact Flash Operation required

On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 21:04, Thomas P. Jones wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm currently setting up a linux unit to boot and operate 
> from a compact flash disk (SanDisk).
> I'd like to use webmin to configure/monitor this unit.
> 
> The main goal is to reduce any writes caused by 
> webmin to the compact flash disk -  since it has a
> limited life time regarding writes to it. So any temporary
> files created during the operation of webmin I'd like
> to reduce or eliminate.
> 
> I'll be putting /tmp and /var to a RAM Filesystem so
> that will help there for any writes webmin makes
> to those dirs.
> 
> The other main thing I can think of regarding webmin
> is the creation/deletion of lock files by the lock_file and
> unlock_file functions. My idea here is to modify these
> functions to create/delete this lock file from under the 
> /tmp/.webmin dir (ie the pathname of the file with the
> .lock extension could be created with the root dir
> being /tmp/.webmin instead of /. 
> eg /tmp/.webmin/etc/resolv.conf.lock instead of
> /etc/resolv.conf.lock)
> 
> Is there any other element of webmin that I have
> overlooked that should need changing as well ?
> 

Re: Open File Manager with a specific directory?

No, it's not possible - however, it could be implemented relatively
easily in a future version, perhaps by a parameter passed to the file
manager's index.cgi. I'll add it to my TODO list ..

 - Jamie

On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 06:08, Jennifer Cranfill wrote:
> Hi, I'm working on a webmin module, and I have a page where I would like to
> open File Manager to a specific directory (to make it easier for the user
> to edit the files in that directory). Is this possible? The behavior I
> would like to see is similar to the behavior of File Manager when root is
> set to a specific directory in the acl file. However, I don't want to
> change the acl file, but would like to be able to pass a directory
> parameter to File Manager (which would only open the directory if the user
> had acl access).
> 
> If this behavior isn't possible, that's okay, I'll just instruct the user
> to browse to the needed directory. Thanks for your help.
> 
> Regards,
> Jennifer Cranfill
> AIX/Linux Cluster Development, IBM, Poughkeepsie, NY
> Email: jcran <at> us.ibm.com    Phone: 845-433-6656, TL 293-6656
> 
> 
> 
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OpenLDAP Webmin Module

miniserv.pem / apache.pem

Hi everybody,

   Is there any counterindication to symlink apache.pem and iniserv.pem?

   The aim is to avoid confusing people that don't understand why the same
   "server" (the linux box) is prompting 2 certificates.

   Thanks
   sandro
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Re: miniserv.pem / apache.pem

Sandro Dentella wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
>    Is there any counterindication to symlink apache.pem and iniserv.pem?
>    
>    The aim is to avoid confusing people that don't understand why the same
>    "server" (the linux box) is prompting 2 certificates.

Any PEM file will work fine, even one that is a symlink ..

  - Jamie

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miniserv.pem

Jamie,

Any plans to allow chained root certificates? InstantSSL and others now provide reasonably priced SSL
Certs which would be great for use with Webmin/Usermin. 

Thanks,

Rick Hubbard
rick <at> bytemarks.com
bytemarks.com

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Re: miniserv.pem

bytemark <at> bytemarks.net wrote:
 > Jamie,
 >
 > Any plans to allow chained root certificates? InstantSSL and others
 > now provide reasonably priced SSL Certs which would be great for
 > use with Webmin/Usermin.

Do you mean for SSL client authentication, or for the webmin server's 
own SSL certificate?

  - Jamie

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Re: miniserv.pem

The server's own cert.

Thanks,

Rick

Jamie Cameron <jcameron <at> webmin.com> wrote ..
> bytemark <at> bytemarks.net wrote:
>  > Jamie,
>  >
>  > Any plans to allow chained root certificates? InstantSSL and others
>  > now provide reasonably priced SSL Certs which would be great for
>  > use with Webmin/Usermin.
> 
> Do you mean for SSL client authentication, or for the webmin server's 
> own SSL certificate?
> 
>   - Jamie
> 
> 
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