4 Maintainer: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
5 Build-Depends: libx11-dev, libxmu-dev, nettle-dev, debhelper (>= 13),
6 libxdmcp-dev, libxau-dev, libice-dev, libsm-dev, libuv1-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}, libgit-wrapper-perl, libtry-tiny-perl
29 Recommends: libdatetime-format-strptime-perl, libio-fdpass-perl
30 Suggests: tcl8.4, python3, gdb
32 Description: chiark system administration scripts
33 This package contains a number of small administration scripts used
34 by chiark.greenend.org.uk and other systems belonging to the Sinister
35 Greenend Organisation. Featuring:
37 fishdescriptor: a tool for extracting a file descriptor from
38 another (non-cooperating) process and giving it to you (or
39 for examining it). Requires gdb and python3.
41 chiark-named-conf: a tool for managing nameserver configurations
42 and checking for suspected DNS problems. Its main functions are to
43 check that delegations are appropriate and working, that secondary
44 zones are slaved from the right places, and to generate a
45 configuration for BIND, from its own input file.
47 prefork-interp Perl support (Proc::Prefork::Interp).
49 sync-accounts: a simple but flexible account info synchroniser.
50 sync-accounts is a tool for copying un*x account data from remote
51 systems and installing it locally. It is flexible and reasonably
52 straightforward, but lacks integration with other distributed
53 databases such as NIS.
55 cvs-repomove and cvs-adjustroot: tools for moving CVS repositories
56 and adjusting working trees.
58 palm-datebook-reminders: a program which emails mails you reminders
59 about the appointments in your Palm's Datebook.
61 cvsweb-list: cgi program to list ucgi (userv-utils) cvsweb repos
63 expire-iso8601: keep or expire backup trees named after their dates
65 gnucap2genspic, ngspice2genspic, genspic2gnuplot: convert gnucap
66 files and ngspice output files to genspic and genspic files to
67 gnuplot input so they can be plotted.
69 hexterm: connects to serial port and allows the user interact in
70 ASCII and hex. Ie, a hex "terminal" program which lets you speak a
71 serial port protocol directly. (Needs tcl8.4 to be installed.)
73 git-branchmove, random-word, remountresizereiserfs,
74 summarise-mailbox-preserving-privacy
76 Package: chiark-rwbuffer
80 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
81 Description: readbuffer/writebuffer: prevents tape drive seesawing, etc.
82 readbuffer and writebuffer: programs for reading input from devices,
83 and writing output to, which don't like constant stopping and
84 starting, such as tape drives and audio playback devices.
86 Package: chiark-utils-bin
88 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
89 Recommends: ${shlibs:Recommends}
90 Suggests: ${shlibs:Suggests}
93 Description: chiark system administration utilities
94 This package contains a number of small administration scripts used
95 by chiark.greenend.org.uk and other systems belonging to the Sinister
96 Greenend Organisation. Currently featuring only:
98 with-lock-ex: a simple tool for acquiring a lockfile before running
99 another program or script.
101 prefork-interp: Wrapper to speed up script startup;
102 requires scripting langauge module from chiark-scripts.
104 summer: a tool for reporting complete details about a filesystem tree
105 in a parseable format, including checksums.
107 xbatmon-simple: a very simple X client for displaying battery
110 xduplic-copier: a very simple X client for typing into multiple windows
113 watershed: a utility for saving on superfluous executions of an
114 idempotent command. (This is the same utility as shipped separately
115 in Ubuntu's udev, but with slightly different defaults and a
116 different install location.)
118 rcopy-repeatedly: a utility for repeatedly copying a file from one
119 host to another, to keep a copy constantly up to date.
121 acctdump: for reading process accounting files.
123 summer and watershed require the installation of the Recommended
124 crypto libraries; xbatmon-simple needs the Suggested X libraries.
126 cgi-fcgi-interp: for use with cgi-fcgi as a #! interpreter
128 Package: chiark-really
132 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
133 Description: really - a tool for gaining privilege (simple, realistic sudo)
134 really is a program that allows certain users to become whatever user
135 they like on request. It is a bit like sudo in that respect.
136 However, really is simpler than sudo, and doesn't give the system
137 administrator any false security promises. So really is less of a
138 general security risk to the system.
140 Unlike sudo it does not pretend that the called account can be any
141 more secure than the calling account, so there is never a need for a
142 password. If you wanted to restrict which commands and functions the
143 called user can perform, use userv, not really or sudo.
145 Also unlike sudo, really only works if the calling user is supposed
146 to be equivalent to root. But, really can also be used by
147 root-equivalent users to become any user, not just root; in this way
148 it can be a replacement for certain uses of su.