[arm-allstar] supermon configuration editor does not work

[Kenneth Grimard]

very good then i will leave it be as is.

ken


On 3/21/2017 9:34 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
> Ken,
>
>    This is not an error. Those files are read only for a reason. It is
> totally unsafe to edit those files in a web browser in the current
> Supermon. The message at the top of the screen specifically tells you to
> edit in Linux with nano or vi if it is a read only file. In any event this
> is the best way to do it. Changing permissions on files should never be
> done and if you do so you are doing it at your own risk.
>
> We possibly may be looking at a way to allow safer editing of these files
> but some files like iax.conf that have passwords will probably never be
> editable via the web. I should point out that web access is NOT secure.
> This uses http not https and data is in the clear out on the net.
>
> If you have access to a web page to your server then you most certainly
> should also have access via ssh using putty or another ssh client. All you
> need to do is log in and edit the file. Most of these files do not get
> edited that often anyway.
>
>
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 7:36 PM, "Kenneth Grimard via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I am trying to use the configuration editor in supermon and i keep getting
>> this error no matter which file i try to edit with that tool.
>>
>> it does not matter which one
>>
>> /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf
>>
>> File is*READ ONLY*- use vi or nano to edit in a Linux shell from the ADMIN
>> menu
>>
>> when is this going to be fixed or will someone supply the instructions to
>> fix this.
>>
>> it is causing me to have to edit all the files by hand with nano from a
>> bash shell.
>>
>> I have applied the lastest updates. Could it be a file permission error on
>> these files?
>>
>>
>> ken n1dot
>>
>>
>>
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