Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Dansguardian

[Friedrich L. <fl...@fl...>]

Bruce Smith wrote on 08.06.2006 22:41 MET:
>>>>I agree that we have to do something about the size of /etc. It eats up
>>>>a lot of RAM and also makes it harder to fit the config on a floppy. But
>>>>whatever you do, keep it simple for the user. We can't make them jump
>>>>through hoops.
>>>
>>>How about my idea of creating a new 'setup' menu, with selections
>>>to unpack each individual package's etc files?
>>>
>>>We should also limit it to fairly advanced (requires manual
>>>configuration), or obscure packages, so it won't effect our less-technical
>>>users.
>>
>>Actually I would prefer a combination of your and Friedl's suggestions.
>>If we add a function which unpacks the config, we can add this to the init
>>scripts to avoid problems when a program gets started.
> 
> 
> I was thinking that the files need to be unpacked and customized BEFORE
> the init script is run.  In most cases anyway.  But I supposed there are
> some packages that will run with stock/unmodified configs.
> 
> I also like your idea of moving the l7 stuff to the CD and sym-linking
> it from /etc.  I don't think they need to be modified by the user... ?

The user can even set the location to something different from /etc/l7-protocols:
   <http://l7-filter.sourceforge.net/L7-HOWTO-Netfilter#conform>

If possible I'd suggest configuring the default protocols dir to be something 
like /usr/lib/l7-protocols. Anyway if a user wants to use his own protocol files 
he can specify the new directory as show on the page referenced above,

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MfG / Regards
Friedrich Lobenstock
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Friedrich Lobenstock                       Linux Services Lobenstock
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