On Thu, 18 May 2000, Yatsen Ng wrote:
Hi there,
I think YaST is a very useful tool but there are a few things that I don't like about it; every time I add or uninstall apps with it, it runs suseconfig, which overwrites some files that it shouldn't. For example /etc/resolv.conf - in order to get connected with my particular type of modem I had to edit this file manually. However, it got overwritten after I uninstalled a few apps with YaST today. At first I didn't know what the hell was going on but luckily I recalled a conversation (about SuSE and YaST) that I had with an administrator a while ago and I was able to correct the problem. Like I said, YaST can make your life easier but this is incredibly annoying to say the least!
Which version of SuSE Linux are you running? Since 6.x (I forgot x) SuSEconfig saves MD5 checksums of config files in /var/adm/SuSEconfig/md5/. Files with an MD5 different from the one saved there will not be touched by SuSEconfig, see the SuSE config shell script /sbin/SuSEconfig and the subscripts in /sbin/conf.d/ for the code for this. Comment lines (starting with '#') are ignored for the MD5 calculation, so if you only add/change comments, SuSE config will stil overwrite it (just 'FYI' for everyone). -- Michael Hasenstein http://www.suse.de/~mha/ Private Pilot (ASEL+aerobatics) since 1998 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/