Request for a sponsor and a review of: pam_abl

[Tomas Mraz]

On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 13:18 +0200, Oliver Falk wrote:
> On 07/15/2005 11:33 AM, Tomas Mraz wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 11:24 +0200, Oliver Falk wrote:
> > 
> >>On 07/15/2005 11:14 AM, Tomas Mraz wrote:
> >>
> >>>And moreover the pam_abl binary should be probably installed in /sbin
> >>>and not /usr/sbin as you suggest by using %{_sbindir}.
> >>
> >>Any *good* reason for installing it in /sbin, rather than /usr/sbin?
> > 
> > For consistency with other pam utilities? Such as pam_tally,
> > pam_timestamp_check, pam_console_apply.
> 
> rpm -qpl pam_krb5 | grep bin
> /usr/bin/afs5log
> 
> rpm -qpl pam_mount | grep bin
> /usr/bin/autoehd
> /usr/bin/mkehd
> /usr/bin/mount.crypt
> /usr/bin/mount_ehd
> /usr/bin/passwdehd
> /usr/bin/umount.crypt
> /usr/sbin/pmvarrun
> 
> So normally, all pam_* binaries, that don't belong to the base pam 
> package, are not install ind /bin or /sbin.
> 
> Also the pam_abl binary is not needed at boot-time, where a possible 
> nfs-mounted /usr partion get's mounted, so no need to put it in /sbin...
> 
> But it's a cosmetic/design decision, isn't it? :-)
Yep, I'd leave the decision on the package maintainer.

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Tomas Mraz <tmraz at redhat.com>