Re: [LCFC] templates://nodm/{nodm.templates}
Christian Perrier wrote:
> This is the last call for comments for the review of debconf
> templates for nodm.
> Package: nodm
> Architecture: any
> Depends: xinit, x11-common, xterm | x-terminal-emulator, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
> Conflicts: gdm, xdm, kdm, x-display-manager, zhone-session
> Description: automatic display manager
> This packages prepares the system to automatically start an X session at
^
Sorry, I missed that excess S first time around.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
--- ../nodm-0.2.pristine/debian/nodm.templates 2009-02-23 20:56:34.000000000 +0000
+++ debian/nodm.templates 2009-04-19 20:35:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -2,28 +2,34 @@
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Start nodm on boot?
- nodm starts an X session for a user without asking for authentication. While
- this is welcome for embedded or kiosks systems, it is a security problem in
- most other machines, so by default nodm is configured not to start.
+ Designed for embedded or kiosk systems, nodm starts an X session
+ for a user without asking for authentication. On regular
+ machines, this has security implications and is therefore disabled
+ by default.
.
- If you need autologin on this machine, enable nodm.
+ You should enable nodm only if you need autologin on this machine.
Template: nodm/user
Type: string
Default: root
_Description: User to start a session for:
- Name of the user that will automatically be logged into X by nodm.
+ Please enter the login name of the user that will automatically be logged into X by nodm.
Template: nodm/x_options
Type: string
Default: vt7 -nolisten tcp
+#flag:translate!:3
_Description: Options for the X server:
- Options to pass to the X server when starting the session.
+ Please enter the options to pass to the X server when starting the session.
+ These options will be used in the NODM_X_OPTIONS variable in the command line used
+ by nodm to start the X session:
+ .
+ $NODM_XINIT $NODM_XSESSION -- $NODM_X_OPTIONS
Template: nodm/min_session_time
Type: string
Default: 60
-_Description: Minimum time (in seconds) for a session to be considered ok:
+_Description: Minimum time (in seconds) for a session to be considered OK:
If an X session will run for less than this time in seconds, nodm will wait an
amount of time before restarting the session. The waiting time will grow
until a session lasts longer than this amount.
@@ -31,18 +37,22 @@
Template: nodm/xinit
Type: string
Default: /usr/bin/xinit
+#flag:translate!:3
_Description: xinit program to use:
- You can change this to use a different xinit program.
+ Please choose the name of the "xinit" program to use with nodm. This
+ name will be stored in the NODM_XINIT variable in the command line used
+ by nodm to start the X session:
.
- nodm will start the X session with the command:
$NODM_XINIT $NODM_XSESSION -- $NODM_X_OPTIONS
Template: nodm/xsession
Type: string
Default: /etc/X11/Xsession
+#flag:translate!:3
_Description: X session to use:
- You can change this to use a different X session script.
+ Please choose the name of the X session script to use with nodm. This
+ name will be stored in the NODM_XSESSION variable in the command line used
+ by nodm to start the X session:
.
- nodm will start the X session with the command:
$NODM_XINIT $NODM_XSESSION -- $NODM_X_OPTIONS
--- ../nodm-0.2.pristine/debian/control 2009-02-23 20:51:05.000000000 +0000
+++ debian/control 2009-04-19 20:35:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@
Architecture: any
Depends: xinit, x11-common, xterm | x-terminal-emulator, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Conflicts: gdm, xdm, kdm, x-display-manager, zhone-session
-Description: Automatic Display Manager
+Description: automatic display manager
This packages prepares the system to automatically start an X session at
- system boot. It is targeted for devices like smartphones, but can be used
+ system boot. It is meant for devices like smartphones, but can be used on
a regular computer as well, if the security implications are acceptable.
- .
- It should not be installed on a regular Debian system, as it would interfere
- with an installed display manager.
-
Template: nodm/enabled
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Start nodm on boot?
Designed for embedded or kiosk systems, nodm starts an X session
for a user without asking for authentication. On regular
machines, this has security implications and is therefore disabled
by default.
.
You should enable nodm only if you need autologin on this machine.
Template: nodm/user
Type: string
Default: root
_Description: User to start a session for:
Please enter the login name of the user that will automatically be logged into X by nodm.
Template: nodm/x_options
Type: string
Default: vt7 -nolisten tcp
#flag:translate!:3
_Description: Options for the X server:
Please enter the options to pass to the X server when starting the session.
These options will be used in the NODM_X_OPTIONS variable in the command line used
by nodm to start the X session:
.
$NODM_XINIT $NODM_XSESSION -- $NODM_X_OPTIONS
Template: nodm/min_session_time
Type: string
Default: 60
_Description: Minimum time (in seconds) for a session to be considered OK:
If an X session will run for less than this time in seconds, nodm will wait an
amount of time before restarting the session. The waiting time will grow
until a session lasts longer than this amount.
Template: nodm/xinit
Type: string
Default: /usr/bin/xinit
#flag:translate!:3
_Description: xinit program to use:
Please choose the name of the "xinit" program to use with nodm. This
name will be stored in the NODM_XINIT variable in the command line used
by nodm to start the X session:
.
$NODM_XINIT $NODM_XSESSION -- $NODM_X_OPTIONS
Template: nodm/xsession
Type: string
Default: /etc/X11/Xsession
#flag:translate!:3
_Description: X session to use:
Please choose the name of the X session script to use with nodm. This
name will be stored in the NODM_XSESSION variable in the command line used
by nodm to start the X session:
.
$NODM_XINIT $NODM_XSESSION -- $NODM_X_OPTIONS
Source: nodm
Section: misc
Priority: extra
Maintainer: Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>
Uploaders: Enrico Zini <enrico@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), po-debconf, libpam0g-dev, help2man
Standards-Version: 3.8.0
Vcs-Git: http://git.debian.org/git/pkg-fso/nodm.git
Vcs-Browser: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-fso/nodm.git;a=summary
Package: nodm
Architecture: any
Depends: xinit, x11-common, xterm | x-terminal-emulator, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Conflicts: gdm, xdm, kdm, x-display-manager, zhone-session
Description: automatic display manager
This packages prepares the system to automatically start an X session at
system boot. It is meant for devices like smartphones, but can be used on
a regular computer as well, if the security implications are acceptable.
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