Re: [webmin-l] RE: Webmin install

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Gavin Nelmes-Crocker wrote:
>>If you are willing to modify the RPM, the best solution would be to add
>>a line to the os_list.txt file in the webmin root directory, like :
>>
>>YourLinux        1.0        redhat-linux      1.0     $etc_issue
>>=~ /YourLinux/
>>
>>The first two fields are the OS name and version as shown to the
>>user, while
>>the second two are the actual OS code and version used by webmin
>>internally.
>>The final field is a piece of Perl code for detecting the OS, in which
>>the variable $etc_issue will contain the contents of your /etc/issue file.
>>All fields MUST  be separated by tabs .. See the other lines in
>>the os_list.txt
>>file for more examples.
> 
> 
> Sorry to go back to this but I thought it was fixed until I came to test it
> after doing some other stuff - now after spending a couple of hours
> tinkering I'm admitting I'm doing something I don't fully understand.  I'm
> happy modifying the rpm as this is the way I need it for final but I'm
> struggling with a really small but crucial bit.  I have I hope put all the
> details required below.
> 
> I have the following in /etc/issue
> 
> Sheriff Linux release 1.0 (LongReef)
> Kernel \r on an \m
> 
> I have the following in /etc/sheriff-release (which replaces redhat-release)
> 
> Sheriff Linux release 1.0 (LongReef)
> 
> I have added the following line to the webmin spec file and it seems to
> detect the OS correctly
> 
> if (\$etc_issue =~ /Sheriff.*\\s1\\.0\\s/i || \`cat /etc/sheriff-release
> 2>&1\` =~ /\\s1\\.0\\s/) {
>         print "oscheck='Sheriff Linux 1.0'\\n";
> 
> I have added the following line to os_text
> 
> Sheriff Linux                   1.0     redhat-linux    8.0     $etc_issue
> =~ /Sheriff.*\s1\.0\s/i
> 
> which I copied form the Debian install - in fact I've tried several
> variations of the above initially copying the redhat line as the OS is based
> entirely on Redhat 8.0 plus modifications.
> 
> Anyway the net result is this when I do cat /tmp/.webmin/webmin-setup.out
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> *            Welcome to the Webmin setup script, version 1.110        *
> ***********************************************************************
> Webmin is a web-based interface that allows Unix-like operating
> systems and common Unix services to be easily administered.
> 
> Installing Webmin in /usr/libexec/webmin ...
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> Webmin uses separate directories for configuration files and log files.
> Unless you want to run multiple versions of Webmin at the same time
> you can just accept the defaults.
> 
> Config file directory [/etc/webmin]: Log file directory [/var/webmin]:
> ***********************************************************************
> Webmin is written entirely in Perl. Please enter the full path to the
> Perl 5 interpreter on your system.
> 
> 
> Testing Perl ...
> Perl seems to be installed ok
> 
> ***********************************************************************
> Failed to detect operating system
> 
> So somewhere I have not got the OS detect correct I presume a mistake in the
> os_list bit but I can't se where or why.
> 
> Help please I know it is so close but at the same time so far, knowing the
> answer will probably point me in the direction of understanding the concept
> further.

 From that error, it looks like the line in os_list.txt isn't correct 
- make sure the regular expression for detecting the OS is correct.

  - Jamie