11 replies to this topic

[kisman172]

In other Images, I saw that a terminal can be started "inline" in OpenWebif
Not in openPLi

Is there a possibility to add this feature?

 

thx

kisman172

[kisman172]

Maybe it can be done with "shellinabox", should be included in enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif-terminal.

But both of them cannot be found in Feed.

A license issue? Or simply not added because not needed or not demanded...

[ccs]

.... or not secure?

[kisman172]

also a possibility. 

is that the official statement?

due to security or instability?
 

I mean, that's true.

if you have made the webif accessible from the outside as a port forwarding, then it is also easy to get control over the terminal. This is then really not safe and should be avoided.

Edited by kisman172, 13 February 2021 - 17:29.

[WanWizard]

Yes.

 

If you have the knowledge to use a linux commandline, you also have the knowledge to access it via ssh, which is much more secure.

 

If you don't, well, you shouldn't go there...

[kisman172]

the knowledge is more than available   

Topic closed.

 

thanks

[tg555]

Hi, is there possibility to add terminal to OpenWebif by myself on my risk of course?

[s3n0]

This is not part of OpenPLi itself, but belongs to OpenWebif modules. So try the "opkg" package manager and install the required package ... but ... let me warn you that you already need more knowledge of working with Linux as well as Enigma2! I don't have an OpenPLi image installed at the moment, so I can't advise you, but it should be something like this:

opkg update
opkg list | grep 'openwebif'
opkg install <the_name_of_the_appropriate_module>

The name of the module you probably need to install is called the same in each Enigma2 distribution - i.e.:  enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif-terminal

Edited by s3n0, 5 January 2022 - 18:44.

[Pr2]

There is no "module" available for OpenWebif in the OpenPLi image.

[blzr]

Hi, is there possibility to add terminal to OpenWebif by myself on my risk of course?

it's not that easy, unless you know how to build your own openwebif...

-> you need to add shellinabox recipe (see oe-a git as example)

-> and add shelleinabox to openwebif RDEPENDS

[tg555]

Thanks guys, that's enough for me, i could use telnet from pc

[s3n0]

It can be installed... normally you can install the original OpenWebif from the GitHub server.

 

As the first, when Enigma2 is stopped (which you stop with the init 4 command in the linux shell), you need to uninstall the OpenWebif - through the package manager (opkg in the linux shell). Then, through the package manager, you will disable updates from the feed (opkg flag hold enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif), just for this OpenWebif, so that your new OpenWebif with updates from the Internet - from the OpenPLi source - will not be overwritten. And then you install / download the source code OR ipk package - the full version of OpenWebif. You can find the procedure directly on Github here: https://github.com/E...lugin-OpenWebif (scroll down with the mouse wheel).

 

But then there will no longer be 100% compatibility from the creator of the distribution of the specific Enigma2 (i.e. OpenPLi). For example, new OpenWebif may require an SSL library for 2022, but OpenPLi will still have the old SSL library from 2021. It is, of course, just a fictional possible example of incompatibility. Possible incompatibilities could occur elsewhere. Possibly at the next update sometime later (a year later).

Edited by s3n0, 9 January 2022 - 09:29.