File Server Tasks

[Jamie Strandboge]

On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 16:49 -0400, Mathias Gug wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 03:55:08PM -0400, Jamie Strandboge wrote:
> > My thinking was that I didn't think the samba and nfs-kernel-server
> > packages setup a working share out of the box.  I admit I haven't looked
> > at the packaging for these lately.  I also didn't think that the samba
> > or nfs package should setup this kind of share by default, because it
> > could be annoying for an experienced sysadmin to always have to disable
> > it or change it.
> > 
> > If samba and nfs-kernel-server provide all the debconf functionality to
> > get a working share, then you are absolutely correct to not want to
> > split out the functionality.  
> 
> I think they provide the basic functionality. However you cannot setup a
> share. I don't think that configuring a share should be done in the
> postinst package. This is a task that can done multiple times by a
> the sysadmin, on a daily basis. I'm not sure that dpkg --configure
> should be used on a daily basis to manage your system.
> 

I agree-- I don't think it should be done in postinst either, which is
why I thought a simple, small configuration package like
samba-default-shares or nfs-default-exports *might* be appropriate here.
My thinking would be that these packages would not be how you would
normally administer the system (eg to add/remove shares), but rather to
be used to create a simple share for users to use right away.
Experienced admins wouldn't necessarily install these packages, but
rather samba and nfs-kernel-server alone.  Inexperienced could install
these (or the tasks) in order to start working right away.

It is *only* intended to get something up and running in a sane
configuration quickly for the novice admin.

Jamie

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