4 Maintainer: Matthew Vernon <matthew-chiark-utils@debian.org>
5 Uploaders: matthew@debian.org
6 Standards-Version: 2.1.1.0
10 Depends: chiark-rwbuffer
11 Description: backup system for small systems and networks
12 These are the backup scripts used by chiark.greenend.org.uk and other
13 systems belonging to the Sinister Greenend Organisation. Features:
14 * Suitable for single systems and small networks.
15 * Reasonably simple; they do what you tell it to.
16 * Hard failures when individual systems fail, to encourage fixing !
17 If you have a larger site you may wish to look at Amanda.
19 Package: chiark-scripts
20 Conflicts: chiark-named-conf, sync-accounts
21 Replaces: chiark-named-conf, sync-accounts
23 Description: chiark system administration scripts
24 This package contains a number of small administration scripts used
25 by chiark.greenend.org.uk and other systems belonging to the Sinister
26 Greenend Organisation. Featuring:
28 chiark-named-conf: a tool for managing nameserver configurations
29 and checking for suspected DNS problems. Its main functions are to
30 check that delegations are appropriate and working, that secondary
31 zones are slaved from the right places, and to generate a
32 configuration for BIND, from its own input file.
34 sync-accounts: a simple but flexible account info synchroniser.
35 sync-accounts is a tool for copying un*x account data from remote
36 systems and installing it locally. It is flexible and reasonably
37 straightforward, but lacks integration with other distributed
38 databases such as NIS.
40 Package: chiark-rwbuffer
42 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
43 Description: readbuffer/writebuffer: prevents tape drive seesawing, etc.
44 readbuffer and writebuffer: programs for reading input from devices,
45 and writing output to, which don't like constant stopping and
46 starting, such as tape drives and audio playback devices.
48 Package: chiark-really
50 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
51 Description: really - a tool for gaining privilege (simple, realistic sudo)
52 really is a program that allows certain users to become whatever user
53 they like on request. It is a bit like sudo in that respect.
54 However, really is simpler than sudo, and doesn't give the system
55 administrator any false security promises. So really is less of a
56 general security risk to the system.
58 Unlike sudo it does not pretend that the called account can be any
59 more secure than the calling account. so there is never a need for a
60 password. If you wanted to restrict which commands and functions the
61 called user can perform, use userv, not really or sudo.
63 Also unlike sudo, really only works if the calling user is supposed
64 to be equivalent to root. But, really can also be used by
65 root-equivalent users to become any user, not just root; in this way
66 it can be a replacement for certain uses of su.