4 Maintainer: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
5 Build-Depends: libx11-dev, libnettle-dev
6 Uploaders: matthew@debian.org, Matthew Vernon <matthew-chiark-utils@debian.org>
7 Standards-Version: 3.2.1.0
13 Depends: chiark-rwbuffer
14 Description: backup system for small systems and networks
15 These are the backup scripts used by chiark.greenend.org.uk and other
16 systems belonging to the Sinister Greenend Organisation. Features:
17 * Suitable for single systems and small networks.
18 * Reasonably simple; they do what you tell it to.
19 * Hard failures when individual systems fail, to encourage fixing !
20 If you have a larger site you may wish to look at Amanda.
22 Package: chiark-scripts
25 Conflicts: chiark-named-conf, sync-accounts
26 Replaces: chiark-named-conf, sync-accounts
28 Description: chiark system administration scripts
29 This package contains a number of small administration scripts used
30 by chiark.greenend.org.uk and other systems belonging to the Sinister
31 Greenend Organisation. Featuring:
33 chiark-named-conf: a tool for managing nameserver configurations
34 and checking for suspected DNS problems. Its main functions are to
35 check that delegations are appropriate and working, that secondary
36 zones are slaved from the right places, and to generate a
37 configuration for BIND, from its own input file.
39 sync-accounts: a simple but flexible account info synchroniser.
40 sync-accounts is a tool for copying un*x account data from remote
41 systems and installing it locally. It is flexible and reasonably
42 straightforward, but lacks integration with other distributed
43 databases such as NIS.
45 cvs-repomove and cvs-adjustroot: tools for moving CVS repositories
46 and adjusting working trees.
48 palm-datebook-reminders: a program which emails mails you reminders
49 about the appointments in your Palm's Datebook.
51 Package: chiark-rwbuffer
55 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
56 Description: readbuffer/writebuffer: prevents tape drive seesawing, etc.
57 readbuffer and writebuffer: programs for reading input from devices,
58 and writing output to, which don't like constant stopping and
59 starting, such as tape drives and audio playback devices.
61 Package: chiark-utils-bin
63 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
64 Suggests: ${shlibs:Suggests}
67 Description: chiark system administration utilities
68 This package contains a number of small administration scripts used
69 by chiark.greenend.org.uk and other systems belonging to the Sinister
70 Greenend Organisation. Currently featuring only:
72 with-lock-ex: a simple tool for acquiring a lockfile before running
73 another program or script.
75 Package: chiark-really
79 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
80 Description: really - a tool for gaining privilege (simple, realistic sudo)
81 really is a program that allows certain users to become whatever user
82 they like on request. It is a bit like sudo in that respect.
83 However, really is simpler than sudo, and doesn't give the system
84 administrator any false security promises. So really is less of a
85 general security risk to the system.
87 Unlike sudo it does not pretend that the called account can be any
88 more secure than the calling account. so there is never a need for a
89 password. If you wanted to restrict which commands and functions the
90 called user can perform, use userv, not really or sudo.
92 Also unlike sudo, really only works if the calling user is supposed
93 to be equivalent to root. But, really can also be used by
94 root-equivalent users to become any user, not just root; in this way
95 it can be a replacement for certain uses of su.