On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 23:29 -0500, Javier Perez wrote: > Reading this article, I am beginning to really detest systemd.... > Why does it have to hang its tentacles on the home directory? > > https://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-home-directory-management-is-about-to-undergo-major-change/ This is a pretty wild claim: "A truly portable home directory Outside of including a much-improved security, systemd-homed will finally enable a truly portable home directory. Because the /home directory will no longer depend on the trifecta of systemd, /etc/passwd, and /etc/shadow, users and admins will then be able to easily migrate directories within /home." "Imagine being able to move your /home/USER (where USER is your username) directory to a portable flash drive and use it on any system that works with systemd-homed. You could easily transport your /home/USER directory between home and work, or between systems within your company." Hmm, instead of having to rely on two well known things (passwd and shadow), all your eggs will be in the one basket case of systemd. Ignoring opinions about systemd, did passwd and shadow really *need* replacing. Is this just a case of systemd programmers doing another "it sucks because I didn't invent it"? And you'd have to have the exact same OS, and applications, on each for that to be even feasible. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1127.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 31 23:36:51 UTC 2020 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
