zyxmon
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8 years ago Entware-3x is installed in /opt that should be a permanent storage. Please note there are 2 different installation types (standard and alternative) - https://github.com/Entware-for-kernel-3x/Entware-ng-3x/wiki/General-installation-notes If files are not preserved in /opt - you have selected the wrong media for installation!
i have finished the upgrade process to entware-ng-3x. i have noticed that within my /opt/etc/ folder I now have symlinks that point to the original /etc/ files (which to my knowledge are not preserved on reboot).
I also observe that new users added are still not preserved across reboots (presumably because /etc/passwd is getting modified, and still being used since /opt/etc/passwd is just pointing there is volatile).
hamal@RT-04A151D3AAD8[/opt/etc] ls -la drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Aug 24 21:43 . drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Aug 14 08:36 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 24 21:22 group -> /etc/group -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27 Aug 14 08:36 group.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Aug 24 21:26 gshadow -> /etc/gshadow drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 24 21:18 init.d -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 14 08:36 ld.so.conf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6841 Aug 10 17:39 mymotd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 282 Aug 14 08:36 nsswitch.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 148 Aug 24 17:25 opkg.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Aug 24 21:43 passwd -> /etc/passwd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112 Aug 14 08:36 passwd.1 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 471 Jul 20 19:02 profile -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 566 Aug 14 08:36 profile-opkg lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Aug 24 21:26 shadow -> /etc/shadow -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42 Aug 24 21:25 shells -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42 Aug 14 08:36 shells.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 24 21:18 skel drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 24 08:07 ssh drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 10 16:19 ssl -r--r----- 1 root root 3202 Aug 10 20:35 sudoers drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 20 19:02 sudoers.d -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 589 Jul 20 19:02 xattr.conf