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      xbipin
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      ys i know i can use that but defies the purpose of edit file in gui when it wont save anything related to files in www folder

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        doktornotor Banned
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        Hmmm… Just edited bunch of files, no such problem. Are you on nanobsd?

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          grandrivers
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          @xbipin:

          im on the 2.2.5 nanobsd and i have some patched php files which i apply using edit file in web gui, specifically related to miniupnp and system.php, what i noticed is, snapshots since past one month dont save the files present in the www folder. Miniupnp.inc and xml do edit just fine but if i try the same with system.php, the page keeps says saving and gets stuck and never actually saves them

          looks like he said nano right from the get go

          pfsense plus 25.03 super micro A1SRM-2558F
          C2558 32gig ECC  60gig SSD

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            phil.davis
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            I have no problem using the webGUI to edit on 2.2.5 nanobsd. I am guessing it will be some issue with the CF/SD card.

            As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
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              xbipin
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              if so then why do all other files except the ones in www folder edit just fine, if i try anything in the www folder, it would simply keep saying saving for ever and would never complete.

              i even tried to mount CF as rw and then do the same but still no luck

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                phil.davis
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                @xbipin:

                if so then why do all other files except the ones in www folder edit just fine, if i try anything in the www folder, it would simply keep saying saving for ever and would never complete.

                i even tried to mount CF as rw and then do the same but still no luck

                That is a good question! Is there anything in the system log?
                If you go to a command line and edit something (e.g. with "ee") and save, then it might show you some error message when saving that will help find the cause.

                As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
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                  xbipin
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                  i tried using ee in serial console, i tried editing a file in www folder but on saving changes keeps saying unable to create file

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                    doktornotor Banned
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                    Well yeah that has nothing to do with the webGUI. It's still the same UFS shit over and over again. Reinstall to different media. Your current one is either dead or incompatible with the wonderful UFS filesystem.  ::)

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                      xbipin
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                      what do u mean dead, it works fine, upgrades also work all good, its currently on UFS, other than saving to www folder all the other functions work perfectly fine

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                        doktornotor Banned
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                        I am 300% sure your issue will go away as soon as you switch to 2.2.2 or older, predating the UFS improvements. If you want to use something newer, also 300% sure it won't work with your media.

                        
                        time rc.conf_mount_rw
                        ee /usr/local/www/system.php (make your changes)
                        time rc.conf_mount_ro
                        
                        

                        Observe how wonderfully it performs.  ::)

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                          xbipin
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                          it was saving files on 2.2.4 perfectly fine, i have another alix box with a different CF and on that too it saves in pfsense 2.2.4.

                          just with recent snaps of 2.2.5 it stopped saving, older snaps of 2.2.5 it was saving fine

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                            doktornotor Banned
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                            Yeah OK. See hints above. Merely telling you that UFS is broken beyond repair with CF (or any "slow" media in general). Additionally, if you only see this with specific files, I'm very sure the media is faulty or filesystem broken, definitely not "working fine". Again, there are logs, or dmesg even.

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                              xbipin
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                              the logs etc dont mention anything of failure and i think it has to be something with the permissions on the www folder because almost any other file i tried outside it works, just all the files within the www folder exhibit this behaviour and even upgrading to a newer snap has the same issues

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                                doktornotor Banned
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                                If it were the directory permissions, you wouldn't be able to edit anything there. Not just system.php. Really. Also, it's extremely easy to check the permissions.

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                                  xbipin
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                                  here is a dmesg log

                                  $ dmesg
                                  Copyright (c) 1992-2014 The FreeBSD Project.
                                  Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
                                  	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
                                  FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
                                  FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p20 #0 4c99fec(releng/10.1)-dirty: Mon Sep 21 12:06:53 CDT 2015
                                      root@pfs22-i386-builder:/usr/obj.RELENG_2_2.i386/usr/pfSensesrc/src.RELENG_2_2/sys/pfSense_wrap.10.i386 i386
                                  FreeBSD clang version 3.4.1 (tags/RELEASE_34/dot1-final 208032) 20140512
                                  VT: running with driver "vga".
                                  CPU: Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS (498.06-MHz 586-class CPU)
                                    Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x5a2  Family = 0x5  Model = 0xa  Stepping = 2
                                    Features=0x88a93d <fpu,de,pse,tsc,msr,cx8,sep,pge,cmov,clflush,mmx>AMD Features=0xc0400000 <mmx+,3dnow!+,3dnow!>real memory  = 268435456 (256 MB)
                                  avail memory = 226222080 (215 MB)
                                  pnpbios: Bad PnP BIOS data checksum
                                  wlan: mac acl policy registered
                                  kbd0 at kbdmux0
                                  K6-family MTRR support enabled (2 registers)
                                  random: <software, yarrow=""> initialized
                                  ACPI BIOS Error (bug): A valid RSDP was not found (20130823/tbxfroot-223)
                                  ACPI: Table initialisation failed: AE_NOT_FOUND
                                  ACPI: Try disabling either ACPI or apic support.
                                  cryptosoft0: <software crypto=""> on motherboard
                                  padlock0: No ACE support.
                                  pcib0 pcibus 0 on motherboard
                                  pci0: <pci bus=""> on pcib0
                                  Geode LX: PC Engines ALIX.2 v0.99m tinyBIOS V1.4a (C)1997-2007
                                  pci0: <encrypt decrypt,="" entertainment="" crypto=""> at device 1.2 (no driver attached)
                                  vr0: <via 10="" vt6105m="" rhine="" iii="" 100basetx=""> port 0x1000-0x10ff mem 0xe0000000-0xe00000ff irq 10 at device 9.0 on pci0
                                  vr0: Quirks: 0x2
                                  vr0: Revision: 0x96
                                  miibus0: <mii bus=""> on vr0
                                  ukphy0: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface=""> PHY 1 on miibus0
                                  ukphy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto, auto-flow
                                  vr0: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:13:47:84
                                  vr1: <via 10="" vt6105m="" rhine="" iii="" 100basetx=""> port 0x1400-0x14ff mem 0xe0040000-0xe00400ff irq 11 at device 10.0 on pci0
                                  vr1: Quirks: 0x2
                                  vr1: Revision: 0x96
                                  miibus1: <mii bus=""> on vr1
                                  ukphy1: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface=""> PHY 1 on miibus1
                                  ukphy1:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto, auto-flow
                                  vr1: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:13:47:85
                                  vr2: <via 10="" vt6105m="" rhine="" iii="" 100basetx=""> port 0x1800-0x18ff mem 0xe0080000-0xe00800ff irq 15 at device 11.0 on pci0
                                  vr2: Quirks: 0x2
                                  vr2: Revision: 0x96
                                  miibus2: <mii bus=""> on vr2
                                  ukphy2: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface=""> PHY 1 on miibus2
                                  ukphy2:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto, auto-flow
                                  vr2: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:13:47:86
                                  ath0: <atheros 5413=""> mem 0xe00c0000-0xe00cffff irq 9 at device 12.0 on pci0
                                  ath0: AR5413 mac 10.5 RF5413 phy 6.1
                                  ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x0063
                                  isab0: <pci-isa bridge=""> port 0x6000-0x6007,0x6100-0x61ff,0x6200-0x623f,0x9d00-0x9d7f,0x9c00-0x9c3f at device 15.0 on pci0
                                  isa0: <isa bus=""> on isab0
                                  atapci0: <amd cs5536="" udma100="" controller=""> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xff00-0xff0f at device 15.2 on pci0
                                  ata0: <ata channel=""> at channel 0 on atapci0
                                  ata1: <ata channel=""> at channel 1 on atapci0
                                  ohci0: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller=""> mem 0xefffe000-0xefffefff irq 12 at device 15.4 on pci0
                                  usbus0 on ohci0
                                  ehci0: <amd cs5536="" (geode)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> mem 0xefffd000-0xefffdfff irq 12 at device 15.5 on pci0
                                  usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
                                  usbus1 on ehci0
                                  cpu0 on motherboard
                                  pmtimer0 on isa0
                                  orm0: <isa option="" rom=""> at iomem 0xe0000-0xea7ff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
                                  atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock=""> at port 0x70 irq 8 on isa0
                                  Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
                                  attimer0: <at timer=""> at port 0x40 on isa0
                                  Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
                                  Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
                                  ppc0: parallel port not found.
                                  uart0: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
                                  uart0: console (115200,n,8,1)
                                  uart1: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
                                  Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
                                  IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
                                  usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                                  usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
                                  ugen0.1: <amd> at usbus0
                                  uhub0: <amd 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus0
                                  ugen1.1: <amd> at usbus1
                                  uhub1: <amd 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus1
                                  ada0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
                                  ada0: <cf 20071116="" 1gb=""> ATA-0 device
                                  ada0: Serial Number TSS20036081218011525
                                  ada0: 16.700MB/s transfers (WDMA2, PIO 512bytes)
                                  ada0: 991MB (2031120 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 2015C)
                                  ada0: Previously was known as ad0
                                  random: unblocking device.
                                  Timecounter "TSC" frequency 498060650 Hz quality 800
                                  Root mount waiting for: usbus1 usbus0
                                  uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
                                  Root mount waiting for: usbus1
                                  uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
                                  Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense0 [ro,sync,noatime]...
                                  vr1: link state changed to DOWN
                                  ng0: changing name to 'pppoe0'
                                  vr1: link state changed to UP
                                  vr0: link state changed to DOWN
                                  tun1: changing name to 'ovpnc1'
                                  pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
                                  DUMMYNET 0 with IPv6 initialized (100409)
                                  load_dn_sched dn_sched FIFO loaded
                                  load_dn_sched dn_sched QFQ loaded
                                  load_dn_sched dn_sched RR loaded
                                  load_dn_sched dn_sched WF2Q+ loaded
                                  load_dn_sched dn_sched PRIO loaded
                                  vr0: link state changed to UP
                                  ovpnc1: link state changed to UP</cf></amd></amd></amd></amd></at></at></isa></amd></ohci></ata></ata></amd></isa></pci-isa></atheros></generic></mii></via></generic></mii></via></generic></mii></via></encrypt></pci></software></software,></mmx+,3dnow!+,3dnow!></fpu,de,pse,tsc,msr,cx8,sep,pge,cmov,clflush,mmx>
                                  
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                                    doktornotor Banned
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                                    $ ls -la /usr/local/pkg/miniupnpd.*
                                    -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  8813 Jun  1 19:41 /usr/local/pkg/miniupnpd.inc
                                    -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  5778 Jun  1 19:41 /usr/local/pkg/miniupnpd.xml
                                    
                                    $ ls -la /usr/local/www/system.php
                                    -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  20278 Jul 19 22:42 /usr/local/www/system.php
                                    
                                    $ ls -ld /usr/local/www
                                    drwxr-xr-x  19 root  wheel  285 Sep 27 23:47 /usr/local/www
                                    
                                    

                                    Really nothing special there. It's the same like any other file there.

                                    Looking at "CF 1GB" in the dmesg output - are you sure you simple are not out of space???

                                    
                                    ada0: <cf 20071116="" 1gb="">ATA-0 device
                                    ada0: Serial Number TSS20036081218011525
                                    ada0: 16.700MB/s transfers (WDMA2, PIO 512bytes)
                                    ada0: 991MB (2031120 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 2015C)</cf> 
                                    
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                                      xbipin
                                      last edited by

                                      i tried editing using winscp and that too fails

                                      permissions r as below

                                      $ ls -la /usr/local/pkg/miniupnpd.*
                                      -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  8862 Sep 26 11:37 /usr/local/pkg/miniupnpd.inc
                                      -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  5051 Sep 26 11:35 /usr/local/pkg/miniupnpd.xml
                                      
                                      $ ls -la /usr/local/www/system.php
                                      -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  20278 Sep 21 20:40 /usr/local/www/system.php
                                      
                                      $ ls -ld /usr/local/www
                                      drwxr-xr-x  17 root  wheel  8704 Sep 26 11:33 /usr/local/www
                                      
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                                        xbipin
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                                        the CF is almost empty, i just use pfsense and the cron package

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                                          doktornotor Banned
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                                          Almost empty? Pardon me, but if it shows almost empty, there's something very wrong with your FS. That space gives you rougly 450MB per each slice, which is just about enough for basic system. Could you just do a real check what's the space there? Because "almost empty" is nonsense.

                                          
                                          $ df -h
                                          Filesystem           Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
                                          /dev/ufs/pfsense0    908M    341M    494M    41%    /
                                          
                                          

                                          This is from a 2GB CF nanobsd install. Just 2.2.4 system itself. As you can see there, that's almost 350MB, and the 2.2.5 thing is bigger, due to python being included.

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                                            xbipin
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                                            $ df -h
                                            Filesystem           Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
                                            /dev/ufs/pfsense0    443M    248M    159M    61%    /
                                            devfs                1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /dev
                                            /dev/ufs/cf           49M    1.1M     44M     2%    /cf
                                            /dev/md0              38M    572K     35M     2%    /tmp
                                            /dev/md1              58M     13M     40M    25%    /var
                                            devfs                1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /var/dhcpd/dev
                                            

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