[cobalt-users] Fw: [Cobalt] Advanced Functions

["Tony Kenny" <tony@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

As per the request from George here is one reply I received (sender identity
removed)

One particular function I will need to perform so is to pipe email to some
addresses to an executable.

Any further input would be great.  Do Cobalt view this group too?

regards,

Tony

>
> I have found a few functions of the admin on the raq2 that are easy to
> overide simply by editing the databases. The dns admin section can be
> troublesome if you need to point to a slave server with the same ip as an
> existing A record. The workaround is to edit the dns database directly
> (all the dns records are kept in one file), click on the "save changes"
> in the admin's dns section to use the admin script to write the
> individual named records from the data file.
>
> The problem with changing the admin interface scripts is that there is
> always the danger that any software upgrades from cobalt will overwrite
> your changes. The admin scripts are in Perl, located in
> /usr/admserv/cgi-bin/.cobalt/, and utilize a number of modules found in
> the usual Perl path.
>
> Personally, I have found that editing the conf files is easier and faster
> than navigating the web based admin interface anyway.
>