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