[Sugar-devel] Sugar-Server enhancement

[James Cameron]

Manash, registration sets Jabber server and backup server, and for
some systems the backup server is not used.

For those systems like Tony's where the backup server is used, please
review http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/quozl/ds-backup/ which is the
software responsible for doing backups to the server.  It is not part
of Sugar, but then neither is the server.  It is designed for Fedora
systems, and was last updated for OLPC OS.  There are no other uses of
this software known.  It is not packaged in SoaS or Ubuntu.

The ds-backup software fails if the backup server is changed, because
of the changed host key of the server.

While Tony's workaround is functional, it is also destructive.  A more
correct solution is to use "ssh-keygen -R" option to remove the key,
or add SSH options to avoid the key conflict.

#362

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 07:50:17AM +0800, Tony Anderson wrote:
> OLE Nepal has from the beginning registered the server at each
> connection eliminating the registration option from the main menu. A
> second registration recognizes that the laptop is registered and
> takes no action.
> 
> Moving from one server to another causes a 'known hosts' issue. This
> can be cleared by 'rm -rf ~/.ssh/known_hosts.'
> 
> While registering does show the server in the network section (and
> clearing the entry enables registration - needed before registration
> again), the registration
> process sets up the /library/users directory for the laptop serial
> number and thus enables Journal backup.
> 
> Tony
> 
> On 04/14/2016 07:35 AM, James Cameron wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 06:13:42PM -0500, Jerry Vonau wrote:
> >>
> >>>On April 13, 2016 at 5:37 PM James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 02:44:25AM +0530, Manash Raja wrote:
> >>>>Hi Jerry,
> >>>>
> >>>>     Please don't forget jarabe/desktop/schoolserver.py is involved, I
> >>>>     personally would prefer that code to be moved into
> >>>>control-panel/network.
> >>>>     Others please chime with your thoughts on this one.
> >>>>
> >>>>Yes, if register option is brought to network section, then it will
> >>>>provide
> >>>>better space for managing multiple different XS servers.
> >>>Yes, add registration function to the network section, or move server
> >>>to a new section ... but for ease of first-use where only one server
> >>>is present, the register option can remain on the main menu.
> >>>
> >>>(Why do I suggest a new section?  The Network section has become
> >>>cluttered with radio device controls, access point cache control,
> >>>jabber server, social help, and soon proxy settings.)
> >>>
> >>Wouldn't the backup related fields be more relevant in the backup section
> >>of control-panel? Maybe the 'new' proxy settings could have its own control
> >>panel section also?
> >Yes, yes.
> >
> 
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