On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 12:59:26PM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote...... > > Attached is a patch to the original versions of templates and > control. Aarrgghh. O.k., now it is attached. Kevin -- Kevin Coyner GnuPG key: 1024D/8CE11941
--- /home/kevin/debian/smith/davfs2/davfs2.old/debian/templates 2007-05-18 09:46:29.000000000 -0400
+++ /home/kevin/debian/smith/davfs2/davfs2/debian/templates 2007-05-18 09:57:23.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,62 +1,61 @@
Template: davfs2/suid_file
Type: boolean
Default: false
-_Description: Do you want to allow non-root users mount WebDAV resources?
+_Description: Should unprivileged users be allowed to mount WebDAV resources?
The file /sbin/mount.davfs must have the SUID bit set if you want to allow
- non-root users to mount webdav resources.
+ unprivileged (non-root) users to mount WebDAV resources.
.
- Files with SUID root are normally avoided.
+ Choosing this option is discouraged for security reasons. If you
+ choose it, additional input will be required.
.
- If you answer confirmative to this question, more details will be required.
- Otherwise, non-root users can not mount webdav resources.
- .
- You can always change your opinion with "dpkg-reconfigure davfs2"
+ If you do not choose this option, only root will be allowed to mount WebDAV
+ resources. This can later be changed by running 'dpkg-reconfigure davfs2'.
Template: davfs2/user_name
Type: string
Default: davfs2
-_Description: When invoked by root, the mount.davfs daemon will run as this user:
- mount.davfs starts with effective user-id 'root' to be able to mount. After
- mounting it changes its id permanently to that of the mounting user. When
- the mounting user is root, the mount.davfs daemon will run as the following declared user.
+_Description: User running the mount.davfs daemon:
+ Once the davfs resource has been mounted, the daemon will drop the
+ root privileges and will run with an unprivileged user ID.
+ .
+ Please choose which login name should be used by the daemon.
Template: davfs2/group_name
Type: string
Default: davfs2
-_Description: The non-root users of davfs2 must be part of this group:
- For creating a file in /var/run/mount.davfs you must provide a group to
- own this directory. If you give a non-existant group, it will be created for
- you.
+_Description: Group for the users that will be allowed to mount WebDAV resources:
+ When mounting WebDAV resources, a file is created in
+ /var/run/mount.davfs. This directory will be owned by the group
+ entered here.
Template: davfs2/new_user
Type: boolean
Default: true
-_Description: Do you want to create this new user?
- The user "${user_name}" will be created because it doesn't exist in your
- system and will be used by davfs2 if you answer confirmative.
+_Description: Do you want to create a new user?
+ The "${user_name}" user does not exist on the system and will be
+ created if you choose this option.
Template: davfs2/new_group
Type: boolean
Default: true
-_Description: Do you want to create this new group?
- The group "${group_name}" will be created because it doesn't exist in your
- system and will be used by davfs2 if you answer confirmative.
+_Description: Do you want to create a new group?
+ The "${group_name}" group does not exist on the system and will be
+ created if you choose this option.
Template: davfs2/non_root_users_confimed
Type: note
-_Description: Non-root users can now mount webdav resources
- The group "${group_name}" and the user "${user_name}" will be used by davfs2. You must add to this
- group all your users that you want to grant access. Like this:
+#flag:translate!:3,5
+_Description: Unprivileged users allowed to mount WebDAV resources
+ The "${group_name}" group and the "${user_name}" user will be used by
+ davfs2. All users who should be granted the right to mount WebDAV
+ resources should be added to the group "${group_name}" using the following
+ command:
.
usermod -a -G ${group_name} <username>
.
- Remember to add a line similar to this one in the /etc/fstab:
+ The following should also be added to /etc/fstab:
.
https://webdav.site.com/path /mnt davfs rw,users,noauto 0 0
.
- Please, note that you should use http if your server doesn't support https
- connections. The mount point, the name of the server and the path must be
- adapted to your requirements.
- .
- More options can be used optionaly, please check the mount.davfs manpage
+ Additional options are available. Please read the mount.davfs man page
for more information.
--- /home/kevin/debian/smith/davfs2/davfs2.old/debian/control 2007-05-18 09:46:29.000000000 -0400
+++ /home/kevin/debian/smith/davfs2/davfs2/debian/control 2007-05-18 10:00:43.000000000 -0400
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
Package: davfs2
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, adduser
-Description: mount a WebDAV resource as a regular file system
- DAVFS2 is a Linux file system driver that allows you to mount a WebDAV
- resource as a regular file system. It allows files in a remote Web resource
- to be edited using standard applications that interact with the file system
- (e.g. text editors). It uses coda for file system operations and the neon
- library for WebDAV access. It supports SSL and proxy servers. The code is
- based on uservfs (uservfs.sf.net).
+Description: mount WebDAV resources as regular file systems
+ davfs2 is a Linux file system driver that allows mounting a WebDAV resource
+ as a regular file system.
+ .
+ davfs2 allows files in a remote Web resource to be edited using standard
+ applications that interact with the file system (e.g. text editors). It uses
+ coda for file system operations and the neon library for WebDAV access.
+ davfs2 also supports SSL and proxy servers. The code is based on uservfs
+ (uservfs.sf.net).
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