package nsd3 tag patch thanks
Hi, I would prefer if packages that provide (authoritive?) DNS make sure that there is a hostmaster alias in /etc/aliases to conform to RFC 2142. Attached is a (not thoroughly tested) patch for nsd3 that adds the hostmaster alias in postinst if it does not exist. Silencing this cronjob and removing the MAILTO would also be fine by me. Documenting the alias but shipping a 'broken' config seems like the worst alternative. Regards, -- Jeroen Schot
>From b450d31e93c4058ec740328065c5a123d6171986 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeroen Schot <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 18:59:21 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add hostmaster alias to /etc/aliases (Closes: #625810) --- debian/postinst | 7 +++++++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst index 19e1150..80ecb6a 100644 --- a/debian/postinst +++ b/debian/postinst @@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ if test "$1" = "configure"; then set_perms nsd nsd 0755 /var/lib/nsd3 set_perms nsd nsd 0640 /etc/nsd3/nsd.conf set_perms nsd nsd 0750 /etc/nsd3 + + if ! grep -q '^hostmaster: ' /etc/aliases; then + echo hostmaster: root >> /etc/aliases + if [ -x "`which newaliases`" ]; then + newaliases >/dev/null + fi + fi fi #DEBHELPER# -- 1.7.5.3
