[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] Put user-modifiable html files into /etc

[Rob Crittenden]

Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 16:07 -0500, Rob Crittenden wrote:
>> This is a specfile change for ipa-server. It moves files from 
>> /usr/share/ipa/html into /etc/ipa and links them back in so we can
>> mark 
>> them as config(noreplace).
> 
> Can you make it /etc/ipa/html/ ?

Yes, I could do that but there are only 3 files there now as it is.

> Or shouldn't we try to use /var/ipa/html instead?

If it isn't in /etc you can't use config(noreplace) without rpmlint 
throwing up. This was recommended by the Fedora packagers.

> They are not exactly configuration files after all,
> maybe a better way would be to have their paths specified
> in /etc/ipa/ipa.conf have the standard ones in /usr/share/ipa and the
> user advised that to have modifications persist the right way it to copy
> them and change /etc/ipa/ipa.conf accordingly.

I don't think we need this much flexibility. These files just say who to 
call if authorization fails. Typically it will be "Call the helpdesk at 
555-1212".

> 
> This will allow us to upgrade the standard ones with newer versions for
> people that are fine with the defaults.
> 
> Simo.
> 

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