Mike McCarty wrote: > I've been at the end of Chapter 5 pondering package management, > and have finally decided to give the package user method a try. > I don't like overburdening /etc/passwd with a lot of junk entries, > but then the benefits look pretty good. In fact, it looks like > a good idea even if another package manager is used to manage > the installs and database entry. > > One slightly confusing point, though, is why the package management > tools don't get installed using the package user philosophy. Why > aren't the tools themselves installed into the chroot environment > using the temporary tools in /tools? ISTM that the first package > to get installed should be package-user, not linux-libc-headers. > > Is there some reason that isn't done, that I've overlooked? > > Mike > Chapter was just the temporary system, you begin packaging everything in chapter 6 if you want package management. Only thing I don't like about the create user accounts method is exactly what you state, if /etc/passwd gets too full, running your eye over it to ensure nothing new and suspicious has cropped up becomes much harder. Just my 2 cents :)
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