PFSENSE PACKAGES: Filer, Run Commands, Patches

webdawg · Oct 28, 2020, 10:08 PM

I have a file, and a script that I want to persist with hardware migrations. Is the Filer package safe?

I have a sudoers use case (file) that is not covered by plugin configuration, and I have a script that I would like in place in /root w/ a chmod.

Can I make this happen? I always just ssh in, and implement it, but it would be nice, if I could migrate config, install a package, and click activate, and it is done.

Any help here?

I know there use to be a commands package, I could just do some echos, and some chmods.

I know there is a patch package too.

I just need to do something simple. I clicked the github link in the package list for Filer, and it looks gone? What is the deal with that?

webdawg · Oct 28, 2020, 10:09 PM

So I installed Filer on a dev box, and it looks legit. I think it will do everything that I need it to do.

I guess the big question I have, is how have packages been going. I remember the migrate to 2, and a ton of packages were lost. Is something like this here to stay you think, and why is the link to the github repo in the packages list bad?

webdawg · Oct 28, 2020, 10:15 PM

github has a 1000 line limit:
*https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/tree/devel/sysutils/pfSense-pkg-filer

took me a while, but it looks like there was a case sensitive change of the letter f.

https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/tree/devel/sysutils/pfSense-pkg-filer

vs

https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commits/devel/sysutils/pfSense-pkg-Filer

So:

https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commits/devel/sysutils/pfSense-pkg-filer

works fine

webdawg · Oct 28, 2020, 10:54 PM

I just used the filer package, and it works great. I did a chown though, with the 'run command' piece.

webdawg · Oct 29, 2020, 5:41 PM

I looked through the git log. I wanted to donate to whoever maintains this package, but it looks like pfsense devs do it now?

I messaged the creator, but no luck.