Package: libpam-mount Version: N/A Severity: normal Tags: patch Dear Debian maintainer,
On Friday, December 14, 2007, I notified you of the beginning of a review process concerning debconf templates for libpam-mount. The debian-l10n-english contributors have now reviewed these templates, and the proposed changes are attached to this bug report. Please review the suggested changes are suggested, and if you have any objections, let me know in the next 3 days. Please try to avoid uploading libpam-mount with these changes right now. The second phase of this process will begin on Monday, January 07, 2008, when I will coordinate updates to translations of debconf templates. The existing translators will be notified of the changes: they will receive an updated PO file for their language. Simultaneously, a general call for new translations will be sent to the debian-i18n mailing list. Both these calls for translations will request updates to be sent as individual bug reports. That will probably trigger a lot of bug reports against your package, but these should be easier to deal with. The call for translation updates and new translations will run until about Monday, January 28, 2008. Please avoid uploading a package with fixed or changed debconf templates and/or translation updates in the meantime. Of course, other changes are safe. Please note that this is an approximative delay, which depends on my own availability to process this work and is influenced by the fact that I simultaneously work on many packages. Around Tuesday, January 29, 2008, I will contact you again and will send a final patch summarizing all the updates (changes to debconf templates, updates to debconf translations and new debconf translations). Again, thanks for your attention and cooperation. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
--- libpam-mount.old/debian/libpam-mount.templates 2007-12-01 08:23:42.360487692 +0100 +++ libpam-mount/debian/libpam-mount.templates 2008-01-04 18:32:42.415129337 +0100 @@ -1,13 +1,24 @@ +# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english +# team +# +# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask +# [EMAIL PROTECTED] for advice. +# +# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such +# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers. + Template: libpam-mount/convert-xml-config Type: boolean Default: false -_Description: Automatic conversion to new XML configuration? - The configuration format of libpam-mount changed and can be converted - automatically with the `convert_pam_mount_conf.pl' script found - in /usr/share/doc/libpam-mount/examples/. The old configuration - /etc/security/pam_mount.conf will not be changed. +_Description: Convert libpam-mount configuration automatically? + The libpam-mount configuration file has changed to a new XML + format. . - You can also convert the old configuration manually. + The file can be converted automatically now with the + script '/usr/share/doc/libpam-mount/examples/convert_pam_mount_conf.pl'. + The old /etc/security/pam_mount.conf configuration file will be + kept unmodified and a new /etc/security/pam_mount.conf.xml file will be + created. . - You should in all cases check the converted XML configuration file - to avoid errors in the login process. + If you choose to convert the configuration automatically, the newly + generated file should be checked to prevent login errors. --- libpam-mount.old/debian/control 2007-12-01 08:23:42.360487692 +0100 +++ libpam-mount/debian/control 2008-01-01 12:39:13.250569703 +0100 @@ -17,21 +17,18 @@ davfs2, lsof, psmisc Conflicts: libncp (<< 2.2.0.19.10) Description: PAM module that can mount volumes for a user session - This module is aimed at environments with SMB (Samba or Windows NT) - or NCP (Netware or Mars-NWE) servers that Unix users wish to access - transparently. It facilitates access to private volumes of these types - well. The module also supports mounting home directories using - loopback or dm-crypt encrypted filesystems. + This module is aimed at environments with Windows/Samba or Netware + file servers which should be transparently accessible to local users. + It supports automounting of private volumes, including mounting of + home directories on loopback or dm-crypt encrypted file systems. . - o Every user can access his own volumes. - o The user needs to type the password just once (at login). - o The mounting process is transparent to the users. - o There is no need to keep the login passwords in any additional file. - o The volumes are unmounted upon logout, so it saves system resources, - avoiding the need of listing every possibly useful remote volume - in /etc/fstab or in an automount/supermount config file. This - is also necessary for securing encrypted filesystems. + - access to each user's own volumes; + - single sign-on features; + - transparent mounting process; + - no stored passwords; + - unmounting at logout, saving system resources (and mandatory for + encrypted file systems). . - Libpam-mount "understands" SMB, NCP, and any type of filesystem that - can be mounted using the standard mount command. + Libpam-mount can mount SMB or NCP volumes as well as any type of + file system that can be mounted using the standard mount command.
