[Decaf-devel] Merging pam module, killd and status packages?

[Fanen Ahua]

On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 21:14 +0000, Luis Matos wrote:
> Ter, 2006-12-19 às 16:44 +0100, Fanen Ahua escreveu:
> > sorry if this is coming late, i think the 'decaf_cashier' package should
> > create the database, as well as a default '/etc/decaf.conf'
> 
> 
> disagree ... the database server can be a standalone database server.
> for example, a tester for decaf works like that. He has a central server
> for shares and the cashier machine (his) is not the server.
> 
since decaf-cashier can connect to the database server, i suppose it can
create the db anyway, even if its on a different machine?
> > 
> > it would be useful to include info concerning the fact that you need to
> > create a /etc/decaf.conf file if you decide not to create it
> > automatically.
> 
also, which user should be the owner (chown) of /etc/decaf.conf? should
decaf-cashier be run as user 'decaf'?
> i think that in the workstations as in the cashier, this could be done
> using debconf. This way this could be preseeded in an automatic
> installation using the d-i.
> 

i hope my novice comments aren't boring you all.
> > 
> > also drop a hint on how to create the database in the how-to...
> 
> this maybe is missing from the docs. something like:
> 
> createdb decaf
> createuser decaf-user ...
> 
> psql decaf -h host -U decaf-user < decaf-scheme.sql

> > 
> > the package 'decaf_killd' refuses to install on my machine. it fails at the 
> > 'setting up..' stage. i'm running
> > debian etch official snapshot (october 25th)
> > 
> > uname -r: 2.6.18-3-686
> >  postgres
> > 
> > On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 12:45 +0000, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I’m currently making the setup of the database automatic, by introducing
> > > a decaf-db package for the server and using dbconfig-common.
> > > 
> > > I’m wondering if it is really worth the hassle to have separate packages
> > > for the pam module, the kill daemon and the status display. They all
> > > need the same configuration file, and I am not sure what’s the best way
> > > to provide it.
> > > 
> > > Comments are highly appreciated, and preferably now while I’m working on
> > > it :-)
> > > 
> > > Greetings,
> > > Joachim
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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