Re: [Thinstation-general] [Thinstation-developer] GUI for editing thinstation.conf.user

[Trevor B. <tre...@us...>]

Quoting Koustubha Kale <km...@an...>:

> I am going to try Beaver.
> I am not allowed TFTP server so cant pull files from server.

Add in the wget package...

trevor B

> I only need to change a handful of options mainly network settings,
> Windows terminal server settings and printer settings so its not too
> much parsing.
> With Javascript how do I read / write the file? I can display the file
> in the firefox browser but how do I get the text into javascript so I
> can parse it & put it into text boxes for editing?
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Koustubha Kale
>
>
> ----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Eriksen [mailto:thi...@gm...]
> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 1:42 PM
> To: Koustubha Kale
> Cc: Trevor Batley; thi...@li...;
> thi...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Thinstation-developer] [Thinstation-general] GUI for
> editing thinstation.conf.user
>
>
> As Trevor points out, writing a parser for ts.conf is a daunting task.
> It has been discusssed here many times, but every time people have given
> up.
>
> You should really consider your options before proceeding: you are aware
> that you can pull the config files from a server even when you boot from
> a local media? What is the users problem with e3 - they don't like
> vi-style? Then start e3 in pico or word star mode. Or if it really is
> text mode they can't handle, install beaver which is a GUI editor.
>
> If you still want to go ahead with the parser, I agree with Trevor that
> javascript is the obvious choise. There is no php in TS and I have an
> idea that it is pretty heavy too.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 9/9/06, Koustubha Kale <km...@an...> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Koustubha Kale <km...@an...>:
>>
>> > Hi All,
>> > I use quite a lot of flash based hardware with thinstation booting
>> > with syslinux.
>> >
>> > I need my users to be able to do the initial configuration of IP
>> > address, session, printer etc.
>>
>> I assume that you can't network boot. You could then create some
>> standard groups and assign PC's to those groups.
>>
>> > Most of them find it very cumbersome to
>> > edit the thinstation.conf.user file using e3. They make mistakes &
>> > then the unit hangs during boot. Only way to recover is to reformat
>> > the flash/DOM & reinstall.
>>
>> If you are ONLY looking at a limited number of items, this
>> shouldn't be
>> too hard. If you want to define all the options (with all of the
>> possible options for all of the possible applications........ well,
>> good luck :-)
>>
>> >
>> > I was thinking of making a gui for editing this file. Since my only
>> > programming knowledge is in JAVA I need some help on this.
>> >
>> If you know java, why not html & javascript (assuming you
>> have a local
>> browser)?
>> Otherwise it would be easier to create a scipt that prompted for the
>> relevant values and just replaced the ones in your
>> thinstation.conf.user file.
>
> I do need to change only a few items.
> I have Firefox browser so how do I read / write changes to the
> thinstation.conf.user using javascript?
> Can I make this a part of the admin web app?
> Will PHP work?
> Just a few hints please?
>
> Regards
> Koustubha Kale
>
>
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