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: 4.6.1.1
8 Vcs-Browser: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ian/git/chiark-utils.git/
9 Vcs-Git: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ian/githttp/chiark-utils.git
11 Package: chiark-backup
15 Depends: chiark-rwbuffer, chiark-utils-bin, ${misc:Depends}
16 Suggests: chiark-utils-bin (>= 4.1.14)
17 Description: backup system for small systems and networks
18 These are the backup scripts used by chiark.greenend.org.uk and other
19 systems belonging to the Sinister Greenend Organisation. Features:
20 * Suitable for single systems and small networks.
21 * Reasonably simple; they do what you tell it to.
22 * Hard failures when individual systems fail, to encourage fixing !
23 If you have a larger site you may wish to look at Amanda.
25 Package: chiark-scripts
28 Conflicts: chiark-named-conf, sync-accounts
29 Replaces: chiark-named-conf, sync-accounts
30 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libgit-wrapper-perl, libtry-tiny-perl
31 Recommends: libdatetime-format-strptime-perl, libio-fdpass-perl
32 Suggests: tcl8.6, python3, gdb
34 Description: chiark system administration scripts
35 This package contains a number of small administration scripts used
36 by chiark.greenend.org.uk and other systems belonging to the Sinister
37 Greenend Organisation. Featuring:
39 fishdescriptor: a tool for extracting a file descriptor from
40 another (non-cooperating) process and giving it to you (or
41 for examining it). Requires gdb and python3.
43 chiark-named-conf: a tool for managing nameserver configurations
44 and checking for suspected DNS problems. Its main functions are to
45 check that delegations are appropriate and working, that secondary
46 zones are slaved from the right places, and to generate a
47 configuration for BIND, from its own input file.
49 prefork-interp Perl support (Proc::Prefork::Interp).
51 sync-accounts: a simple but flexible account info synchroniser.
52 sync-accounts is a tool for copying un*x account data from remote
53 systems and installing it locally. It is flexible and reasonably
54 straightforward, but lacks integration with other distributed
55 databases such as NIS.
57 cvs-repomove and cvs-adjustroot: tools for moving CVS repositories
58 and adjusting working trees.
60 palm-datebook-reminders: a program which emails mails you reminders
61 about the appointments in your Palm's Datebook.
63 cvsweb-list: cgi program to list ucgi (userv-utils) cvsweb repos
65 expire-iso8601: keep or expire backup trees named after their dates
67 gnucap2genspic, ngspice2genspic, genspic2gnuplot: convert gnucap
68 files and ngspice output files to genspic and genspic files to
69 gnuplot input so they can be plotted.
71 hexterm: connects to serial port and allows the user interact in
72 ASCII and hex. Ie, a hex "terminal" program which lets you speak a
73 serial port protocol directly. (Needs tcl8.6 to be installed.)
75 git-branchmove, random-word, remountresizereiserfs,
76 summarise-mailbox-preserving-privacy
78 Package: chiark-rwbuffer
82 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
83 Description: readbuffer/writebuffer: prevents tape drive seesawing, etc.
84 readbuffer and writebuffer: programs for reading input from devices,
85 and writing output to, which don't like constant stopping and
86 starting, such as tape drives and audio playback devices.
88 Package: chiark-utils-bin
90 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
91 Recommends: ${shlibs:Recommends}
92 Suggests: ${shlibs:Suggests}
95 Description: chiark system administration utilities
96 This package contains a number of small administration scripts used
97 by chiark.greenend.org.uk and other systems belonging to the Sinister
98 Greenend Organisation. Currently featuring only:
100 with-lock-ex: a simple tool for acquiring a lockfile before running
101 another program or script.
103 prefork-interp: Wrapper to speed up script startup;
104 requires scripting langauge module from chiark-scripts.
106 summer: a tool for reporting complete details about a filesystem tree
107 in a parseable format, including checksums.
109 xbatmon-simple: a very simple X client for displaying battery
112 xduplic-copier: a very simple X client for typing into multiple windows
115 watershed: a utility for saving on superfluous executions of an
116 idempotent command. (This is the same utility as shipped separately
117 in Ubuntu's udev, but with slightly different defaults and a
118 different install location.)
120 rcopy-repeatedly: a utility for repeatedly copying a file from one
121 host to another, to keep a copy constantly up to date.
123 acctdump: for reading process accounting files.
125 summer and watershed require the installation of the Recommended
126 crypto libraries; xbatmon-simple needs the Suggested X libraries.
128 cgi-fcgi-interp: for use with cgi-fcgi as a #! interpreter
130 Package: chiark-really
134 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
135 Description: really - a tool for gaining privilege (simple, realistic sudo)
136 really is a program that allows certain users to become whatever user
137 they like on request. It is a bit like sudo in that respect.
138 However, really is simpler than sudo, and doesn't give the system
139 administrator any false security promises. So really is less of a
140 general security risk to the system.
142 Unlike sudo it does not pretend that the called account can be any
143 more secure than the calling account, so there is never a need for a
144 password. If you wanted to restrict which commands and functions the
145 called user can perform, use userv, not really or sudo.
147 Also unlike sudo, really only works if the calling user is supposed
148 to be equivalent to root. But, really can also be used by
149 root-equivalent users to become any user, not just root; in this way
150 it can be a replacement for certain uses of su.