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journeyman
journeyman
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August 15, 2018
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Any way to edit a file on an external USB?

  • August 15, 2018
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Is there any way to edit a file on an external usb connected to the FGT? Viewing is fine:

fnsysctl more /usb/myfile.conf  # works fine

 

fnsysctl cat /usb/myfile.conf   # works fineEditing is less obvious. vi, sed and awk report they are not present with "can not find command xx". Redirecting output from ls to create a file on the usb also fails.

 

It would be of some use to be able to make small changes to a configuration file on a usb prior to restoring it.

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    ede_pfau
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    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    August 15, 2018

    gate # fnsysctl df
    fnsysctl cannot be executed when external USB disk is inserted.

    on FOS v5.6.5  [&o]

    journeyman
    journeymanAuthor
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    August 16, 2018

    That's a pity. My tests were on 5.4.4 but there's not much point investigating a solution that won't work in 5.6.

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