Re: [LCFC] templates://libpam-mount/{libpam-mount.templates}
Christian Perrier wrote:
> _Description: Convert libpam-mount configuration automatically?
> The format of the libpam-mount configuration file has changed to a new XML
> format.
Redundant references to "format" - it could be just:
The libpam-mount configuration file has changed to a new XML format.
> That file can be converted automatically now with the
Now that the previous sentence has the configuration file as its
subject, it's clearer what "it can be converted" would refer back
to. In fact it makes "that file can be converted" feel clunky. But
just in case, make it:
The file can be converted automatically now with the script
'/usr/share/doc/libpam-mount/examples/convert_pam_mount_conf.pl'.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
--- ../libpam-mount.old/debian/libpam-mount.templates 2007-12-14 08:35:13.000000000 +0000
+++ debian/libpam-mount.templates 2008-01-01 20:50:42.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
Template: libpam-mount/convert-xml-config
Type: boolean
Default: false
-_Description: Automatic conversion to new XML configuration?
- The configuration format of libpam-mount changed and can be converted
- automatically with the `convert_pam_mount_conf.pl' script found
- in /usr/share/doc/libpam-mount/examples/. The old configuration
- /etc/security/pam_mount.conf will not be changed.
+_Description: Convert libpam-mount configuration automatically?
+ The libpam-mount configuration file has changed to a new XML format.
.
- You can also convert the old configuration manually.
+ The file can be converted automatically now with the script
+ '/usr/share/doc/libpam-mount/examples/convert_pam_mount_conf.pl'.
+ The old configuration /etc/security/pam_mount.conf will be
+ kept unmodified and a new /etc/security/pam_mount.conf.xml file will be
+ created.
.
- You should in all cases check the converted XML configuration file
- to avoid errors in the login process.
+ If you choose to convert the configuration automatically, the newly
+ generated file should be checked to prevent login errors.
--- ../libpam-mount.old/debian/control 2007-12-14 08:35:15.000000000 +0000
+++ debian/control 2008-01-01 20:36:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -17,21 +17,18 @@
davfs2, lsof, psmisc
Conflicts: libncp (<< 2.2.0.19.10)
Description: PAM module that can mount volumes for a user session
- This module is aimed at environments with SMB (Samba or Windows NT)
- or NCP (Netware or Mars-NWE) servers that Unix users wish to access
- transparently. It facilitates access to private volumes of these types
- well. The module also supports mounting home directories using
- loopback or dm-crypt encrypted filesystems.
+ This module is aimed at environments with Windows/Samba or Netware
+ file servers which should be transparently accessible to local users.
+ It supports automounting of private volumes, including mounting of
+ home directories on loopback or dm-crypt encrypted file systems.
.
- o Every user can access his own volumes.
- o The user needs to type the password just once (at login).
- o The mounting process is transparent to the users.
- o There is no need to keep the login passwords in any additional file.
- o The volumes are unmounted upon logout, so it saves system resources,
- avoiding the need of listing every possibly useful remote volume
- in /etc/fstab or in an automount/supermount config file. This
- is also necessary for securing encrypted filesystems.
+ - access to each user's own volumes;
+ - single sign-on features;
+ - transparent mounting process;
+ - no stored passwords;
+ - unmounting at logout, saving system resources (and mandatory for
+ encrypted file systems).
.
- Libpam-mount "understands" SMB, NCP, and any type of filesystem that
- can be mounted using the standard mount command.
+ Libpam-mount can mount SMB or NCP volumes as well as any type of
+ file system that can be mounted using the standard mount command.
Template: libpam-mount/convert-xml-config
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Convert libpam-mount configuration automatically?
The libpam-mount configuration file has changed to a new XML format.
.
The file can be converted automatically now with the script
'/usr/share/doc/libpam-mount/examples/convert_pam_mount_conf.pl'.
The old configuration /etc/security/pam_mount.conf will be
kept unmodified and a new /etc/security/pam_mount.conf.xml file will be
created.
.
If you choose to convert the configuration automatically, the newly
generated file should be checked to prevent login errors.
Source: libpam-mount
Section: admin
Priority: extra
Maintainer: Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), libpam0g-dev, libssl-dev, cdbs, dpatch,
zlib1g-dev | libz-dev, libhx-dev, libxml2-dev
Standards-Version: 3.7.2
Homepage: http://pam-mount.sourceforge.net/
Vcs-Svn: https://pam-mount.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/pam-mount/trunk
Vcs-Browser: http://pam-mount.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam-mount/trunk/
Package: libpam-mount
Section: admin
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, mount (>= 2.12-3), libxml-writer-perl, debconf
Suggests: ncpfs, smbfs, cryptsetup, openssl, fuse-utils, truecrypt-utils,
davfs2, lsof, psmisc
Conflicts: libncp (<< 2.2.0.19.10)
Description: PAM module that can mount volumes for a user session
This module is aimed at environments with Windows/Samba or Netware
file servers which should be transparently accessible to local users.
It supports automounting of private volumes, including mounting of
home directories on loopback or dm-crypt encrypted file systems.
.
- access to each user's own volumes;
- single sign-on features;
- transparent mounting process;
- no stored passwords;
- unmounting at logout, saving system resources (and mandatory for
encrypted file systems).
.
Libpam-mount can mount SMB or NCP volumes as well as any type of
file system that can be mounted using the standard mount command.
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