[TriLUG] Linux home directory management is about to undergo major change

[Brian Henning via TriLUG]

I agree with Mauricio's assessment.  I know it's a matter of opinion and "religion," but I can't help but think some people have really interesting ideas of the e-words: efficient, elegant, and easy.

systemd vs sysv-init: services need their own .service files scattered about or services need their own startup/shutdown scripts scattered about.  Each has advantages and disadvantages, and it sucks having to mess about with either of them when stuff isn't working.

I also don't find myself sharing the author's opinon that reading two files (which are read once and cached in practice, I think) is somehow horrible and inefficient compared to a complicated (opinion word) series of encryption and JSON parsing.

Obviously it's all opinion, but mine is that homed sounds like a solution that doesn't have a problem.  But then, I felt the same way about systemd. 

And get off my lawn!

-B

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From: TriLUG <trilug-bounces+bhenning=pineresearch.com at trilug.org> On Behalf Of Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG
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Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Linux home directory management is about to undergo major change

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 12:14 PM Matthew Glassman via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
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> Linux home directory management is about to undergo major change 
> https://flip.it/mTuqJl

      Article seem to have been written by a Poettering cheerleader:

"Prior to systemd every system and resource was managed by its own tool, which was clumsy and inefficient. Now? Controlling and managing systems on Linux is incredibly easy. "

"So, for the simple act of logging in, three mechanisms are required (systemd, /etc/shadow, /etc/passwd). This is inefficient, and Poettering has decided to make a drastic change."

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