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#87 Webconf cannot edit some package config files (B-uC 5.0-beta2)
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nobody
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Packages
minor
4.3.3
defect
2021-03-07
2013-05-09
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The following package config files are listed in webconf but cannot be edited there - it says "That is not a file listed in the configuration file list. You may only edit configuration files from the web interface." However the same config files can be edited by lrcfg:
- easysra.lrp
- iptables.lrp
- openvpnz.lrp (edits /etc/default/openvpn , but not /etc/openvpn/*.conf)
There are two reasons:
1) descriptions are missing (iptables, easyrsa) - added for upcoming version; note lrcfg doesn't need descriptions
2) while lrcfg works well with wildcards (etc/openvpn/*), webconf doesn't.
To summarize: webconf needs to be improved.
Unfortunately a web-based configuration has been discussed from the start of the LEAF project more than ten yrs ago, but once a framework has been provided, nobody stepped up to maintain it :(
I'll keep the ticket open for a while, maybe someone will look into webconf to fix the real issues.
I would not go as far as to blame webconf. It is rather the incongruity of config packages which has never been addressed proberly neither in linux nor in LEAF. A few years back I proposed that the webconf code needs to be included in the package code, e.g. someone responsible for the addition of a package would also be responsible to maintain the webconf code needed to configure that package. It was not well received.
The point is:
Either webconf or the openvpn webconf setup misses the capability to edit "unkown" configuration files (/etc/openvpn/*.conf - can be everything) while lrpkg.conf does.
Blaming an (openvpn) packager is no solution.
Nobody wants to blame an openvpn developer, but blaming an openvpn integrator is a legitimate possibility. After all this is then a LEAF package.