File Server Tasks

[Mathias Gug]

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.


> We are then back to the fundamental
> question of using tasksel for one package.  Personally, while
> technically a little silly, I don't see that as a big deal if it helps
> users in a meaningful way.

May be we should continue/restart this thread on ubuntu-devel. We may
have more input there.

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Mathias