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

[Aaron Joyner via TriLUG]

I too find my lawn to be a remarkably inhospitable place, these days.

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 1:12 PM Brian Henning via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TriLUG <trilug-bounces+bhenning=pineresearch.com at trilug.org> On
> Behalf Of Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG
> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 1:04 PM
> To: Matthew Glassman <matthewglassman78 at gmail.com>; Triangle Linux Users
> Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
> 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:
> >
> > 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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