On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 6:34 PM Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Authselect_Move_State_Files_To_Etc > > > == Summary == > > Authselect will move several files that are currently stored at > /var/lib/authselect to /etc/authselect/.state. This does not affect > configuration backup, that will be kept at > /var/lib/authselect/backups. > > The files that will be moved are: > * /var/lib/authselect/dconf-db -> /etc/authselect/.state/dconf-db > * /var/lib/authselect/dconf-locks /etc/authselect/.state/dconf-locks > * /var/lib/authselect/fingerprint-auth /etc/authselect/.state/fingerprint-auth > * /var/lib/authselect/nsswitch.conf /etc/authselect/.state/nsswitch.conf > * /var/lib/authselect/password-auth /etc/authselect/.state/password-auth > * /var/lib/authselect/postlogin /etc/authselect/.state/postlogin > * /var/lib/authselect/smartcard-auth /etc/authselect/.state/smartcard-auth > * /var/lib/authselect/system-auth /etc/authselect/.state/system-auth > > == Owner == > * Name: [[User:pbrezina| Pavel Březina]] > * Email: pbrezina@xxxxxxxxxx > > > == Detailed Description == > > These files are used by authselect to detect changes to the system > nsswitch and PAM configurations when the configuration is updated with > an updated profile using 'authselect apply-changes'. There are two > reasons for the move: > > 1. The current location conflicts with ostree model where /var is not > writable during rpm transaction and this currently blocks compose of > ostree systems. [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2034360 > BZ#2034360] > > 2. Removing these files would reduce authselect functionality, user > would need to run 'authselect select --force' to restore it. Since > /var should contain only files that can be safely removed, /etc is a > better place for them. I wonder why you seem to be reinventing the wheel here? We are already moving rpmdb from /var/lib/rpm to /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm for a very similar reason, so wouldn't it make sense to do a similar thing here, and use /usr/lib/sysimage/authselect? Putting those files inside /etc (especially inside a hidden directoy) seems very wrong. Fabio _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-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/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
