I uploaded a new filesystem package to testing:

* added http user and group (for use by various webserver related packages)
* an updated apache is on its way
* added scanner group (ask Thomas ;-))
* use /srv instead of /home for http and ftp
* no package should own files within /home

Pierre
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http://www.archlinux.de

2008/7/9 Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de>:
> I uploaded a new filesystem package to testing:
>
> * added http user and group (for use by various webserver related packages)
> * an updated apache is on its way
> * added scanner group (ask Thomas ;-))
> * use /srv instead of /home for http and ftp
> * no package should own files within /home

Looks good to me. Signed off (x86_64)

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Roman Kyrylych (Ð*оман Кирилич)

Pierre Schmitz wrote:

* use /srv instead of /home for http and ftp
* no package should own files within /home


This is GREAT. It's been annoying me for years.

One question: Doesn't this need to be synchronized with some changes to
the apache package, changing the default document directory and warning
those who need to make the switch?


- P

Am Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008 13:31:58 schrieb Paul Mattal:
> One question: Doesn't this need to be synchronized with some changes to
> the apache package, changing the default document directory and warning
> those who need to make the switch?

That's allready done. ;-) I don't think users are forced to switch; the config
files are kept and using "/home/httpd" and "nobody" should still work.

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Pierre Schmitz wrote:

Am Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008 13:31:58 schrieb Paul Mattal:

One question: Doesn't this need to be synchronized with some changes to
the apache package, changing the default document directory and warning
those who need to make the switch?


That's allready done. ;-) I don't think users are forced to switch; the config
files are kept and using "/home/httpd" and "nobody" should still work.


I guess that's what I'm talking about. As long as the default doc
dir for apache is /home/httpd/html, then either:


1) Apache doesn't work out of the box.

2) Apache tries to own files on my non-root-squashed nfs /home
partition.


I think we need to change the default location to /srv/httpd/html in
the default apache config-- and people with existing custom configs
wouldn't have theirs overwritten.


- P

Am Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008 15:00:13 schrieb Paul Mattal:
> Pierre Schmitz wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008 13:31:58 schrieb Paul Mattal:
> >> One question: Doesn't this need to be synchronized with some changes to
> >> the apache package, changing the default document directory and warning
> >> those who need to make the switch?
> >
> > That's allready done. ;-) I don't think users are forced to switch; the
> > config files are kept and using "/home/httpd" and "nobody" should still
> > work.
>
> I guess that's what I'm talking about. As long as the default doc
> dir for apache is /home/httpd/html, then either:
>
> 1) Apache doesn't work out of the box.
>
> 2) Apache tries to own files on my non-root-squashed nfs /home
> partition.
>
> I think we need to change the default location to /srv/httpd/html in
> the default apache config-- and people with existing custom configs
> wouldn't have theirs overwritten.
>
> - P

Have a look at apache in testing. All this has been done allready.

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On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 3:08 AM, Roman Kyrylych
<roman.kyrylych@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/7/9 Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de>:
>> I uploaded a new filesystem package to testing:
>>
>> * added http user and group (for use by various webserver related packages)
>> * an updated apache is on its way
>> * added scanner group (ask Thomas ;-))
>> * use /srv instead of /home for http and ftp
>> * no package should own files within /home
>
> Looks good to me. Signed off (x86_64)

Signoff i686

Pierre Schmitz schrieb:

I uploaded a new filesystem package to testing:

* added http user and group (for use by various webserver related packages)
* an updated apache is on its way
* added scanner group (ask Thomas ;-))
* use /srv instead of /home for http and ftp
* no package should own files within /home

Pierre


One should also mention
http://repos.archlinux.org/viewvc.cgi/filesystem/trunk/issue?r1=1&r2=4448

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org> wrote:
> Pierre Schmitz schrieb:
>>
>> I uploaded a new filesystem package to testing:
>>
>> * added http user and group (for use by various webserver related
>> packages)
>> * an updated apache is on its way
>> * added scanner group (ask Thomas ;-))
>> * use /srv instead of /home for http and ftp
>> * no package should own files within /home
>>
>> Pierre
>
> One should also mention
> http://repos.archlinux.org/viewvc.cgi/filesystem/trunk/issue?r1=1&r2=4448

Oh yeah, that snuck in there 8)

On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 10:58:39PM +0200, Pierre Schmitz wrote:
> I uploaded a new filesystem package to testing:
>
> * added http user and group (for use by various webserver related packages)
> * an updated apache is on its way
> * added scanner group (ask Thomas ;-))
> * use /srv instead of /home for http and ftp
> * no package should own files within /home

When running updatedb after installing the new filesystem package i get
updatedb: can not find group 'locate'.
It seems like the locate group is created by the mlocate package post
installation.
http://repos.archlinux.org/viewvc.cgi/mlocate/repos/core-x86_64/mlocate.install?view=markup

Is there any reason this group isnt present in the filesystem package?

Greg