Re: Info about dtxtdb

[ediaz@tsc.uvigo.es (Eduardo Diaz TSC)]

Hi!

> dtxtdb is meant as a repository for configuration values, which could be
> stored by the package. This means that the package maintainer would have
> to write something like the following code in his postinst:
> 
> if <I can find the value in the dtxtdb's database> then
>   <use it>
> else
>   <ask the user for the value, validate it, and use it>
> fi
> 
> > Where can I find the info about it?
> 
> At the moment there is only the manpage in the package (which is 
> project/experimental).

Would it be a better idea to make an aplication (lets call it debask)
that would make the questions to the user or fetch the answers from
a database? That way, the instalation policy could be set in a menu 
of dselect (Something like: "Configuration from: Remote database/Local
database/User") and the maintainer only use a call to "debask"

debask base Question "Should I use shadow passwords?" Y N...

That would tell debask to place a Question for the package base, with 
that text, and those posible answers. 

This colud allow an administrator to install the base system, chose a 
selection (or a predefined selection), tell dselect to ask to a central
database for the answers and just press enter. :-) Nice, isn´t it?  I 
administer a group of > 100 machines. Most of them under debian, and the 
rest are UltraSparc with Slowaris. A centralized system for the instalation
would be of GREAT help for me.

C U!


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