Re: Announce (and question): Masquerading PPP server based on Debian

To: pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu
Cc: debian-boot@lists.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Announce (and question): Masquerading PPP server based on Debian
From: john@dhh.gt.org
Date: 08 Jan 1999 08:26:42 -0600
Message-id: <[🔎] 87pv8pg7rx.fsf@hasler.dhh>
In-reply-to: pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu's message of "Fri, 8 Jan 1999 09:05:34 -0500 (EST)"
References: <[🔎] m0zycXe-000R8nC@pfaffben.user.msu.edu>

> Question: Would this system be useful to others?

Yes!

> If so, how do you suggest that I release it?

As a meta-package?

> Note also that the `webmin' tool isn't policy compliant: it shamelessly
> mangles configuration files at user request, discarding any manual
> changes.

Package webmin and put warnings about this in the documentation.  It's
install scripts that are forbidden to munge config files.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI

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