How do I autoupdate settings.txt ? or change PROXYADDR ?

[Andrew]

Hi,

I need to change imaging proxy address on all machines ( because we want to
move imaging from one server to another ) so I thought I would push an
altered settings.txt via Zenworks update ( using .sig file etc. ).

I added new settings.txt to /updates/bin and to the list of files to be
copied over to Zenworks partition during the update. It copies everything Ok
as usual, and does pick up a new imaging proxy IP address ( as can be seen
when going to bash prompt - "..proxy address set to new_IP_address_here " )
BUT when auto imaging kicks in first it sits for a while on that ( blank )
blue screen then comes up with some red writing like Error : PROXYADDR
environment variable not found or something similar. Obviously imaging
doesn't proceed correctly after that so I can not even update Zenworks files
anymore because auto imaging can't connect to any imaging server ( new or
old ).

Any ideas ?

Andrew.

[Andrew]

I think I figured it out. I was editing settings.txt in Windows then pushing
it through ZUpdate.sig. The problem was auto imaging couldn't read the
altered file properly but if you edit it in Pico in Linux instead of Windows
then it works Ok. It is usually not an issue when you change it on floppies
or CD as you normally only run it in manual mode which reads it just fine.

To work out the reason just use "export" in bash prompt and notice how
PROXYADDR variable is stuffed ( because of the difference in CR LF
apparently ). I knew this was an issue with .s files but hoped it wasn't for
settings.txt. Well it turns out it is. I wish there was a basic tool to edit
those all files in Windows or at least to be openly told not to do so in
Novell documentation ( there is only one doc that mentions it somewhere in
Coolsolutions or some TID ).

Hope this helps,
Andrew

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[Marcus Breiden]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 22:46:34 GMT, Andrew wrote:

> I wish there was a basic tool to edit
> those all files in Windows

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[Martin Dallaire]

For the next time try to use a dns alias for your imaging server. I is
really a charm when you only need to change the alias ip dns entry in your
dns server

Hope this help

Martin Dallaire

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