Hi, I am currently experimenting with debconf database overloading. I am working as user "mh", and my ~mh/.debconfrc is the following:
Config: configdb Templates: templatedb Name: config Driver: File Mode: 644 Reject-Type: password Filename: /var/cache/debconf/config.dat Name: passwords Driver: File Mode: 600 Backup: false Required: false Accept-Type: password Filename: /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat Name: mylocal Driver: File Mode: 644 Reject-Type: password Filename: /home/mh/.my/share/debconf/config.dat Name: configdb Driver: Stack Stack: config, passwords, mylocal Name: templatedb Driver: File Mode: 644 Filename: /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat /home/mh/.my/share/debconf/config.dat contains an excerpt from a config.dat file from another system, having all stanzas refering to exim4 and exim4-config. When I do apt-get install exim4 on woody, this works fine - the questions are not asked, the answers from /home/mh/.my/share/debconf/config.dat taken, resulting in a silent custom installation of exim4. When I do the same on woody, /home/mh/.my/share/debconf/config.dat is ignored, the questions are asked via the frontend. However, when I copy ~mh/.debconfrc to /root/.debconfrc, overloading works fine. However, this kind of defeats the purpose since I would affect all users invoking sudo apt-get install with my overloaded database. The woody behavior is better, but is an obvious security risk. Is there a way to have a by-user .debconfrc on sid when invoking apt-get via sudo? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
