Re: Does fou4s change configuration files

/ 2004-01-09 17:10:55 +0100
\ Simon Hoerder:
> Hi,
> 
> sorry if this question has already been asked, but I didn't find it on 
> the web page.
> 
> YOU replaces (if necessary) configuration without asking for the admins 
> permission.

if rpm -Uhv replaces the config files, then thats it.
you need to find some rpm options that avoid this.

if the finalizing SuSEconfig run changed your config files,
you can disable SuSEconfig all together,
or disable it for every fou4s run in the fou4s config,
or only for the current fou4s run with fou4s -c

> I have to set up a new server using SuSE and I'd prefer to 
> be asked first before a patch changes a configuration file. Is there an 
> option in fou4s to ask the admin for his permission/skip the patch in 
> case a configuration file needs to be modified or replaced?

again, if it is rpm that replaces conf files,
this is a very specific wishlist bug, and unlikely to be
implemented in fou4s, because it requires prior knowledge of what
would have been done (probaly parsing either rpm -V first, or
rpm --Uhvv --test first, or both),
and better directed to the rpm package.

if it is SuSEconfig, it is outside of the control of fou4s.

think about having a local CVS repository of your config files,
I find this very handy...  then you can always easily revert,
merge, diff or otherwise version control your config files.


	Lars Ellenberg
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