[OpenAFS] openafs-1.4.2 RHEL RPM package installs nonempty SuidCells and mangles CellServDB

Derek Atkins warlord@MIT.EDU
Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:38:23 -0500


Derrick J Brashear <shadow@dementia.org> writes:

> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, Carson Gaspar wrote:
>
>>
>> We are trying to get away from our custom init scripts, as they are
>> a significant maintenance burden, especially when packages change
>> options. We'd like to benefit from improvements in the packages
>> (such as letting the openafs client auto-tune instead of hard-coding
>> performance options, etc.). In my ideal world, the script would:
>>
>> - Source /etc/sysconfig/$something (openafs/openafs-client/...)
>
> If we can get a vgaue consensus on what it is that should be sourced, I'd 
> love to accept and integrate such a contribution... as long as people who 
> don't have something set still get their DB updated. Having one set of 
> packages everyone can use, and no one needing to build, is high on the 
> list of things the project has tried to do.

The current scripts already source /etc/sysconfig/openafs if it exists.

-derek

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