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From: Dennis Roos (dennis_at_intouch.nl)
Date: Thu 24 Feb 2005 - 15:45:36 GMT


On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 14:00 +0100, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 11:55:51AM +0100, Dennis Roos wrote:
> > Heyaz,
> >
> > I am trying to migrate to the new configuration method of util-vserver
> > (0.30.196) and have come across the following problem:
> >
> > * vlan support is either broken, or changed in a way I am unable to
> > understand (very probable as this is my first go at the new
> > configuration method); an example:
> > I create /etc/vservers/${SVRNAME}/interfaces/0/dev containing
> > 'eth1.4000'.
> >
> > When I start ${SVRNAME} using vserver ${SVRNAME} start; it gives me the
> > following output:
> > ERROR: trying to add VLAN #0 to IF -:eth1 4000:- error: Invalid
> > argument
> > Cannot find device "eth1.4000"
> > SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
> > Cannot find device "eth1.4000"
> > SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
>
> which tools did you use? 0.30.196? or 0.30.204?
mw118 1 # vserver --version
vserver 0.30.196 -- manages the state of vservers

Guess I'm running an old version for a change ;)

> > On a side note (no pun intended); why moving from a single file
> > configuration to a configuration tree ? In my opinion this will make
> > things more complicated than needed:
> > A config file with comments containing examples say a thousand words and
> > give the user a head start with his first install. The configuration
> > tree (without examples) will cause for a steep learning curve; it takes
> > time to find your way around the tree.
>
> I guess it is simple a matter of preference, and it
> was Enrico's preference to do it this way ... but
> if you think about it, this config 'tree' can be easily
> mapped to a property list, which could be stored in
> a single file ...
I was more thinking about a database (LDAP) to contain the tree.

> actually I did wonder many times now why nobody did
> create a tool to map one to the other (or even to
> 'convert' an existing legacy config file to the new
> config layout)
I'm trying to do this right now ;) The problem with it is that the old
style (config file) does not support all the new flags AFAICT.

Regards,
Dennis

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