2.9.32 and "system reset-configuration"

cmit · October 17, 2006, 9:12am

In 2.9.32. the command “/system reset” was renamed to “/system reset-configuration” in order to minimize possible confusion with “/system reboot”.

I suggest renaming this command again, as I (and I suppose many others) work with the auto-completion feature (tab key in terminal) a lot, and then there’s no difference between “/system reset” and “/system reset-configuration”.
I suggest using something like “/system factory-default” or the like…

Best regards,
Christian Meis

janisk · October 17, 2006, 9:42am

maybe developers think, that people can actualy read - not guess what is written

or i should write:
mbyae deloverps tihnk, that popele can acutaly raed - not guses what is witrten

normis · October 17, 2006, 9:47am

this will be another matter then. previously you could confuse the word reset with reboot, some people thing of them as the same thing.

but now - it is a matter of not hitting tab to see what this command does. if you type /ip fi and expect to see fiber, but it turns out to be firewall - this is not a interface problem, but users quick fingers

cmit · October 17, 2006, 9:57am

OK, I give up…

I KNOW you SHOULD read what you do before you do it.
I KNOW that this USUALLY is no problem.
And I KNOW that it will be incredibly hard to change that commands’ name (again), just to prevent some user error that WILL happen to people - especially when in a hurry while trying to fix a buggy production-system or the like. And YES, it HAS happened already (not only to me).

Best regards,
Christian Meis

normis · October 17, 2006, 10:00am

i understand your point, but it really is something very small and unimportant.

janisk · October 17, 2006, 10:18am

maybe create backup file before reset? that would be very hady - if someone resets configuration unintentionaly and if nothing hapens for 30 minutes set configuration back

normis · October 17, 2006, 10:26am

take the pill 10 minutes before the pain

changeip · October 17, 2006, 3:05pm

I was also hoping ‘/system re ’ was going to be something other than clear my entire router : ) A quick reboot can turn into a restore job in no time. I haven’t tested to see if ‘/system re ’ still does reset-configuration…

Sam

cmit · October 17, 2006, 3:11pm

It does…

Best regards,
Christian Meis

freebird · October 18, 2006, 6:48am

It's funny ... normaly the should go through the list in
alphabetical order. And "/system reboot" is before "/system reset-..".

This is at least how a bash and a WinDos box is doing it. But MT has
made their own shell.

seandsl

normis · October 18, 2006, 7:12am

no it doesn’t

sys re doesn’t match anyting, even when you type system res. it asks you to complete the command.