[Devel] Re: [Serdev] dbtext support for serctl

[Cesc]

Hi,

I use it, but not much. In our lab the configuration is pretty stable
(no add/remove of users too often), as we are doing research, we are
not ser vice providers or anything like that. But i did introduce all
the users, removed some, created the basic files and so on when we
migrated from mysql to dbtext.
I also used to add/remove aliases and entries to the domain table, as
well as groups.

The main complain i got from my colleagues is that there is an
annoying echo message alerting you about the db backend you are using
... but the rest, seemed to be ok.

About being on one or two files ... i don't mind. Two files would
allow for clarity, but also may cause that improvements in
serctl.mysql are not ported to serctl.dbtext ...
For the rest ... i think you can give it a try ... it should be not
too time-consuming ... there is a command to create the dbtext files
needed ... from there, just add/remove whatever you need ...

Cesc


On 7/8/05, Andrei Pelinescu-Onciul <andrei at iptel.org> wrote:
> On Jul 01, 2005 at 12:08, Cesc <cesc.santa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Long ago i sent an updated serctl script with support for dbtext. It
> > is not a separate file just for dbtext, it is an updated version where
> > through environment variables you can choose the db-backend (mysql or
> > dbtext).
> >
> > It is probably not very neat code due to the limitations of using text
> > files, but it is a start. At least adding users, removing and so on is
> > easier done this way. It relays on a standard set of columns (the
> > order cannot be random, it has to be as in the serctl, otherwise, it
> > does not work :D ).
> 
> Do you use it? (as in is it tested :-))
> 
> If nobody objects and it is tested I will commit the changes to HEAD.
> Another possibility would be to have 2 versions, the serctl and
> serctl.dbtext.
> 
> 
> Andrei
>