Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-08 Thread Menelaos Maglis
Joe writes: > I think there's a case for asking which way to set it during an expert > install or during the upgrade that reversed the default setting. I think it is policy not to touch locally changed configuration during upgrades. Usually packages ask what to do and/or provide information when

Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-08 Thread Menelaos Maglis
>> > Basically, it was a completely inconsistent mess before systemd. >> > Now you at least have a central place where you can configure your >> > system behaviour. > In the past, we had *no consistency*: inittab had one thing, display > managers another, ACPI scripts another...if you wanted a spec

Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-08 Thread Menelaos Maglis
>> > Basically, it was a completely inconsistent mess before systemd. >> > Now you at least have a central place where you can configure your >> > system behaviour. > In the past, we had *no consistency*: inittab had one thing, display > managers another, ACPI scripts another...if you wanted a spec

Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-08 Thread Menelaos Maglis
cess to reboot/shutdown a desktop/laptop system. It is probably not a preferred solution for a multi-user/server system. One user group can say to the other "go an change the default policy", or the installer can pick the "the right thing to do" based on the installation profile... Regards, Menelaos Maglis

Re: Debian boot and LUKS

2017-12-04 Thread Menelaos Maglis
Menelaos Maglis writes: > The packages you need are plymouth and plymouth-themes. > Follow instructions on this wiki page: > > https://wiki.debian.org/plymouth For theme details take a look under this wiki page: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes

Re: Debian boot and LUKS

2017-12-04 Thread Menelaos Maglis
G writes: > Hello! > I recently installed debian on my laptop and I encrypted my hard drive > with a password. > > I noticed that in some distros like Mint, Fedora etc when you boot you > have a graphical interface where you put your LUKS password and then you > jump to the Desktop without showin