4 Maintainer: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
5 Build-Depends: libx11-dev, libxmu-dev, nettle-dev, debhelper (>= 5),
6 libxdmcp-dev, libxau-dev, libice-dev, libsm-dev
7 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
13 Depends: chiark-rwbuffer, chiark-utils-bin, ${misc:Depends}
14 Suggests: chiark-utils-bin (>= 4.1.14)
15 Description: backup system for small systems and networks
16 These are the backup scripts used by chiark.greenend.org.uk and other
17 systems belonging to the Sinister Greenend Organisation. Features:
18 * Suitable for single systems and small networks.
19 * Reasonably simple; they do what you tell it to.
20 * Hard failures when individual systems fail, to encourage fixing !
21 If you have a larger site you may wish to look at Amanda.
23 Package: chiark-scripts
26 Conflicts: chiark-named-conf, sync-accounts
27 Replaces: chiark-named-conf, sync-accounts
28 Depends: ${misc:Depends}
29 Suggests: tcl8.4, python3, gdb
31 Description: chiark system administration scripts
32 This package contains a number of small administration scripts used
33 by chiark.greenend.org.uk and other systems belonging to the Sinister
34 Greenend Organisation. Featuring:
36 fishdescriptor: a tool for extracting a file descriptor from
37 another (non-cooperating) process and giving it to you (or
38 for examining it). Requires gdb and python3.
40 chiark-named-conf: a tool for managing nameserver configurations
41 and checking for suspected DNS problems. Its main functions are to
42 check that delegations are appropriate and working, that secondary
43 zones are slaved from the right places, and to generate a
44 configuration for BIND, from its own input file.
46 sync-accounts: a simple but flexible account info synchroniser.
47 sync-accounts is a tool for copying un*x account data from remote
48 systems and installing it locally. It is flexible and reasonably
49 straightforward, but lacks integration with other distributed
50 databases such as NIS.
52 cvs-repomove and cvs-adjustroot: tools for moving CVS repositories
53 and adjusting working trees.
55 palm-datebook-reminders: a program which emails mails you reminders
56 about the appointments in your Palm's Datebook.
58 cvsweb-list: cgi program to list ucgi (userv-utils) cvsweb repos
60 expire-iso8601: keep or expire backup trees named after their dates
62 gnucap2genspic, ngspice2genspic, genspic2gnuplot: convert gnucap
63 files and ngspice output files to genspic and genspic files to
64 gnuplot input so they can be plotted.
66 hexterm: connects to serial port and allows the user interact in
67 ASCII and hex. Ie, a hex "terminal" program which lets you speak a
68 serial port protocol directly. (Needs tcl8.4 to be installed.)
70 git-branchmove, random-word, remountresizereiserfs,
71 summarise-mailbox-preserving-privacy
73 Package: chiark-rwbuffer
77 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
78 Description: readbuffer/writebuffer: prevents tape drive seesawing, etc.
79 readbuffer and writebuffer: programs for reading input from devices,
80 and writing output to, which don't like constant stopping and
81 starting, such as tape drives and audio playback devices.
83 Package: chiark-utils-bin
85 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
86 Recommends: ${shlibs:Recommends}
87 Suggests: ${shlibs:Suggests}
90 Description: chiark system administration utilities
91 This package contains a number of small administration scripts used
92 by chiark.greenend.org.uk and other systems belonging to the Sinister
93 Greenend Organisation. Currently featuring only:
95 with-lock-ex: a simple tool for acquiring a lockfile before running
96 another program or script.
98 summer: a tool for reporting complete details about a filesystem tree
99 in a parseable format, including checksums.
101 xbatmon-simple: a very simple X client for displaying battery
104 xduplic-copier: a very simple X client for typing into multiple windows
107 watershed: a utility for saving on superfluous executions of an
108 idempotent command. (This is the same utility as shipped separately
109 in Ubuntu's udev, but with slightly different defaults and a
110 different install location.)
112 rcopy-repeatedly: a utility for repeatedly copying a file from one
113 host to another, to keep a copy constantly up to date.
115 acctdump: for reading process accounting files.
117 summer and watershed require the installation of the Recommended
118 crypto libraries; xbatmon-simple needs the Suggested X libraries.
120 cgi-fcgi-interp: for use with cgi-fcgi as a #! interpreter
122 Package: chiark-really
126 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
127 Description: really - a tool for gaining privilege (simple, realistic sudo)
128 really is a program that allows certain users to become whatever user
129 they like on request. It is a bit like sudo in that respect.
130 However, really is simpler than sudo, and doesn't give the system
131 administrator any false security promises. So really is less of a
132 general security risk to the system.
134 Unlike sudo it does not pretend that the called account can be any
135 more secure than the calling account, so there is never a need for a
136 password. If you wanted to restrict which commands and functions the
137 called user can perform, use userv, not really or sudo.
139 Also unlike sudo, really only works if the calling user is supposed
140 to be equivalent to root. But, really can also be used by
141 root-equivalent users to become any user, not just root; in this way
142 it can be a replacement for certain uses of su.