Why can't we rename gateways?
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Trying to rename a gateway throws up an error saying that's not possible.
Why?
Had to delete/recreate them to give them new names…If it's not possible to rename them, the name field should no longer be editable.
Better, of course, would be allow renaming.Maybe long-term pfsense needs a level of indirection, where names are stored with a UUID in a table or some other immutable unique ID which is used internally where items are referenced, and item names are resolved by looking up that ID in a table upon display.... That would also have the benefit that we can't use the same name twice for different items, which could lead to (user) confusion, e.g. a gateway named WAN and an interface named WAN (haven't tried anything like that, but...)
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Yes this would be nice to have.
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submit a bug/feature report here http://redmine.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense
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There's already a feature request open. The reason it's not allowed is it was easy and bug-free to prohibit renaming rather than go through the bug-prone process of going through and changing all the potential references in the config. Not a priority to change at the moment but hopefully eventually. Patches welcome.
