Re: RPM
Debian 1.3 has shadow support built in, last I heard. It's just gone into
testing. I agree you have to install a few packages to make it work in 1.2,
but this is not a big deal.
One thing you should consider is how much "systems" work you do on Linux.
For example, if you are building a lot of free software packages you might
consider packaging them for Debian and leveraging your own work into a
contribution that benefits lots of people.
Thanks
Bruce
From: Leslie Mikesell <les@Mcs.Net>
> I'd say the more immediate problem has to do with ease of initial
> installation and security issues. I'm still undecided as to which
> of RedHat or Debian to use on several machines currently running
> a hand-updated Slackware and I'm holding off because the filesystem
> layout, ndbm differences, etc. will make it difficult to switch
> later. There are several things I don't like about RedHat, but
> the install is a breeze and shadow password support happens with
> a single command (and most sites running INN had their non-shadowed
> password files mailed off to an attacker not long ago). So far I
> haven't gotten dselect to complete an install command over NFS
> without giving up with too many errors (but perhaps something is
> wrong with my mirrored copy) and I can't tell what you have to do to
> get shadow support built into everything that needs it. If I get
> past these problems and it isn't harder than maintaining Slackware
> by hand I can probably deal with anything else.
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