Universal Configuration File

[<bn...@au...>]

Dear All.

My job is connecting several node to ISP using LRP (leaf.sourceforge.net) with
Orinoco/Avaya wireless card in it.
For each node I've to set :

- HostName (/etc/hostname)
- Several SNMP variable. (snmpd.conf)
- IP addr for the Eth card (/etc/network.conf)
- Options for the wavelan2_cs.o (/etc/pcmcia/config.opts)
- IP addr for the wavelan card (/etc/pcmcia/network.opts)
- Default gateway.

For all that task, I've to open and edit 5 files.
So... I just create so called "universal configuration file" in a "win.ini style",
put all the necessary variable in it, and run a so called "config creator script"
in a boot process that create/write all independen configuration file above.


Here is my *universal configuration file"

--------------------start--------------------------------
GLO_HOSTNAME=dodol
GLO_LOCATION="yogya"
GLO_CONTACT=wir...@sk...

# setting ethernet card
ETH0_IP_ADDR=202.97.55.67
ETH0_MASK=29
ETH0_IP_BROADCAST=

# setting nama network dan key id
WVLAN_NETNAME=SIOUX
WVLAN_KEY1=sox11
WVLAN_KEY2=sox12
WVLAN_KEY3=sox13
WVLAN_KEY4=sox14
WVLAN_TRANSMITKEY=1

# setting ip wavelan
WVLAN_IP_ADDR=10.4.1.1
WVLAN_IP_MASK=28
WVLAN_IP_NETW=10.4.1.0
WVLAN_IP_GATW=10.4.1.14
WVLAN_IP_BROADCAST=10.4.1.15
-------------stop--------------------------------

So for now all I need to do for setting up a wireless router is just open and
edit that single file.

I don't know how to write a .wbm file .... I don't know what perl is.
Yes ... I know a verry simple sh scripting.

My wish is a webmin module that read every single line in a "universal conf
file", format and display it in a web form page, and write back all the input
to that file.
every user will be able to add their own variable to that conf file without
touching the *.pl or *.cgi file. They don't need to know perl, C, ...

Well .... thats my story.
Is it Idea ? or I eat to much aspirin ...

Sincerely
-bino-
http://australia.edu