RE: [cobalt-developers] First steps into Sausalito

[Mat Schaffer <mschaffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Davis [mailto:richard.davis@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> I am just taking my first look into the Sausolito
> Architecture trying to
> produce a VPN package for the Qube3.
> I have managed to add the menu items and produce the ui with
> a form entry.
> All I need to be able to do is read data from the vpn config
> file into the
> ui and write it back out.
> Does anyone have any documentation on creating a simple
> system or a simple
> pkg that I can use for reference. I have the latest beta of
> the Developers
> Guide, but it seems short on simple examples.
> It seems from what I have seen so far, that it is a very
> powerful system,
> once you get your head around it all.

The .pkg format isn't quite as powerful as you might think.  It's main
strength comes from it's pre/post-install/uninstall scripts.  Other than
that, it can really only handle rpms.  The best way I've found to work
with .pkgs is to use another .pkg as an example.  The sausalito
developers guide doesn't talk much about pkgs in depth, if I recall.
What do you need to know exactally?
As for reading and writing the vpn config, that's gonna be all PHP
really.  And will probably have to be done directly, as CCE doesn't have
any holds for vpn config.  It might be creatable though (CCE isn't
something I know incredibly well).

Also.  What are you using for VPN.  The company I'm working with is
currently very interested in the possibility of VPN on the Qube3.  I
experimented with frees/wan, but I was nervous about the idea of
recompiling the Qube's kernel.  If there's another option, I'd love to
know.
-Mat