Re: sysadmin configuration of sparse-/etc vs prepopulated-/etc?

2023-09-16 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Josh" == Josh Triplett writes: Josh> If we're talking about developing a solution that doesn't Josh> already exist, why not have that solution *be* the Josh> notification-and-diff/show-the-defaults mechanism you're Josh> describing? For instance, provide a declarative

Re: sysadmin configuration of sparse-/etc vs prepopulated-/etc?

2023-09-15 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Sep 16, Josh Triplett wrote: > If we're talking about developing a solution that doesn't already exist, > why not have that solution *be* the > notification-and-diff/show-the-defaults mechanism you're describing? For > instance, provide a declarative mechanism to say "this file/directory in >

sysadmin configuration of sparse-/etc vs prepopulated-/etc?

2023-09-15 Thread Josh Triplett
Sam Hartman wrote: > Apropos of the discussion about removing default configuration from > /etc. > Upstream PAM now supports doing that. You can set up a vendor directory > such as /usr/lib where pam.d and security live. > > I thought about doing that for Debian PAM, and have decided against. >