[c-nsp] Editing the startup config on the fly

[John Neiberger]

1. Copy config to text editor
2. Make changes and move changed config to tftp server
3. erase startup-config
4. copy tftp:<textfile> startup-config
5. reboot

HTH,
John

On Apr 6, 2005 10:49 PM, Nigel <nigelc at iexec.com.au> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I was just wondering if there is anyway (apart from network services - tftp,
> ftp etc...) of changing the startup config on the fly, or will there be
> provision for this in the future.
> 
> If I change the commands to the running config, access to the box is
> completely lost, and for some reason it removes vital parts of the config,
> so a reload is the only option, and that puts me back at step one. However
> if i could do something like:
> 
> vi nvram:startup-config
> 
> or if access to nvram is to be completely protected, copy the running config
> to flash, vi the file from flash and use the
> boot config command to boot up the modified file (i'm guessing thats what
> the boot config command is for - haven't needed it yet).
> 
> Any help / suggestions appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Nigel
> Network Engineer
> iExec - Corporate Data Solutions
> 
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