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

Rob Crittenden rcritten at redhat.com
Wed Jan 30 14:51:39 UTC 2008


Pushed a version that puts the files into /etc/ipa/html.

rob

Rob Crittenden wrote:
> 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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