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From: Carlton T. <ca...@gi...> - 2005-11-03 18:52:56
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Good idea adding the date/time based serial number to BIND config files. But, as Danny said, what would be more useful is getting Webmin to show the last modification time of the files. That brings me on to an idea I had some time ago but never got round to posting. I feel it would be very useful to have Webmin/Virtualmin add timestamps to all configuration files that are created or changed. These can be added in as comment lines where possible and if the file structure does not permit comments, then maybe a supplementary file could be created and comments added to that instead. The date timestamp could include other useful information such as the name of the Webmin user who made the change(s) and where possible, an indication of the change(s) made. These timestamp comments could be left in the files and would provide a change history. It would also be nice to have a "show-change-history" feature in all Webmin modules which create/modify system config files. I know that it is possible to check the Webmin logs and glean most of this information, but there is nothing like having it there in black and white while you are looking at the file. OK, my dream is to have a config management system built into Webmin which would allow rollback of changes and other change management goodies, but, like I said, thats just a dream. Regards ! -- Carlton ============================= GIFFORD INTERNET SERVICES Bristol, United Kingdom Tel: 0845 868 2245 Fax: 0845 004 6843 Email: ad...@gi... Web: http://www.gifford.co.uk ============================= On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Danny Sauer wrote: > On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 12:38:17PM +0000, David Derrick wrote: > > Can an option be added to the BIND module to use the Unix timestamp as > > the serial number rather than a date based serial number or a running > > number? Sometimes it's useful to see the time a zone was updated. > > Not to downplay the usefulness of such a timestamp, but 1) unix timestamps > mean almost nothing to me when *I* look at them and 2) ls -l shows the > modification time in human-readable format... :) > > But hey, the field's size is 32 bits, and our favorite time_t is also 32 > bits, so I'd endorse it as another valid option (until January, 2038). I > think it'd be kinda neat to just show the last modification time in Webmin, > though. While we're on the topic. > > --Danny |