Re: package list for CLI-only admin/service install

2008-01-18 Thread joseph lockhart
> Interesting stuff all this! > > Joseph: your metapackage is a great starting point. > I'll see if I understand it enough to hack it up for > needs. > > Thanks to all. > no problem, i made it for a personal need, then put it on cli-apps so that it would not just get lost jwlockhart Register

Re: package list for CLI-only admin/service install

2008-01-18 Thread SpamHog
Interesting stuff all this! Joseph: your metapackage is a great starting point. I'll see if I understand it enough to hack it up for needs. Thanks to all. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: package list for CLI-only admin/service install

2008-01-17 Thread joseph lockhart
> > i'm also open to suggestions > > Hmmm, I'll readup on metapackages. > Never maintained anything, but how hard would it be > to prepare > ONE dummy .deb that pulls all the CLI admin/rescue > tools I want?. > After a standard net-install one would just do a > wget and a dpkg. > > As an alterna

Re: package list for CLI-only admin/service install

2008-01-17 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 02:45:11AM -0800, SpamHog wrote: > I've been looking for a Custom Debian Distributions or package list or > metapackage which would pull in plenty of CLI-only admin - rescue - > network - security tools, a few key servers (file, ssh,, and little > more), basic clients for c

Re: package list for CLI-only admin/service install

2008-01-17 Thread SpamHog
On Jan 17, 12:50 pm, Martin Marcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i'm also open to suggestions Hmmm, I'll readup on metapackages. Never maintained anything, but how hard would it be to prepare ONE dummy .deb that pulls all the CLI admin/rescue tools I want?. After a standard net-install one would

Re: package list for CLI-only admin/service install

2008-01-17 Thread Martin Marcher
SpamHog wrote: > Does anybody keep such a "pure Debian CLI tools" > metapackage or package list or CDD > with such a selction of apps? I guess it really depends on your environment, we have this on every host: # more or less standard packages # this is the tasksel "standard" selection ~pstandard

package list for CLI-only admin/service install

2008-01-17 Thread SpamHog
On my boxes I install a small Debian stable on its own partition for service and rescue purposes, an alternative to the many live-CD distros. I've been looking for a Custom Debian Distributions or package list or metapackage which would pull in plenty of CLI-only admin - rescue - network - securit