Something like this then? Now the idea i had in my head, was that this would just be preseeded with apt-setup/local0/netrc etc. So that for the next repository, apt-setup/local1/netrc . Are you suggesting i make this so that people are prompted for the values if they preseed apt-setup/local/netrc to true, (i've made it a booleon, see below), or just preseed the values? in which case do i need to use db_input etc? (for the code).....
Thanks for all your work so far, your teaching me far more than i expected to learn.. Also, yes password, so need to clear, haven't looked up how yet...(i do that in the code i'm assuming), also the file /etc/apt/auth.conf is suggested to be root only read/write so need to set that too. Template: apt-setup/local/netrc Type: boolean Default: false # :sl3: #flag:translate!:4 _Description: Use authentication information for the APT server?: You chose to use a mirror FTP server that doesn't allow anonymous logins but allows authentication with local logins. . The needed credentials in the syntax described by netrc(5) need to be supplied. In the following example, "<packages.example.org>" is the mirror server host name, "<myuser>" is the login to use on this server and "<mypass>" is the password for that login: . machine <packages.example.org> login <myuser> password <mypass> . This information will be stored in "/etc/apt/auth.conf" on the installed machine. Template: apt-setup/local/netrc/machine Type: string _Description: machine for netrc auth.conf This supplies the machine hostname as described for apt-setup/local/netrc. Please see netrc(5) for details. Template: apt-setup/local/netrc/username Type: string # :sl3: _Description: username for netrc auth.conf This supplies the username as described for apt-setup/local/netrc. Please see netrc(5) for details. Template: apt-setup/local/netrc/password Type: password # :sl3: _Description: username for netrc auth.conf This supplies the password as described for apt-setup/local/netrc. Please see netrc(5) for details. On 11 May 2014 07:08, Christian PERRIER <bubu...@debian.org> wrote: > > > +Template: apt-setup/local/netrc > > +Type: string > > +# :sl3: > > +_Description: netrc-style entry: > > + Please enter here your apt host that requires authentication. Please > use > > + the format described by man netrc. > > + . > > + For instance: > > + machine packages.server.org login myuser password mypass > > OK, I now better understand what the patch is supposed to do. So let's > try to cook something. > > Template: apt-setup/local/netrc > Type: string > # :sl3: > #flag:translate!:4 > _Description: Authentication information for the APT server: > You chose to use a mirror FTP server that doesn't allow anonymous > logins but allows authentication with local logins. > . > Please provide the needed credentials in the syntax described by > netrc(5). In the following example, "<packages.example.org>" is the > mirror server host name, "<myuser>" is the login to use on this server > and "<mypass>" is the password for that login: > . > machine <packages.example.org> login <myuser> password <mypass> > . > This information will be stored in "/etc/apt/apt.conf" on the > installed machine. > > (the "#flag" is described in po-debconf(7) and allows one to specify > that the 4th string is not translatable (in that case, the example) > > By the way, as this contains a password, the patch should make > provision for the information to not be stored in clear in the debconf > database, shouldn't it? > > A "password" style template would be better but....in such case, the > entire line won't be shown to users when they type it. > > How about prompting three times and then construct the netrc line? > > -first prompt about the mirror host name > -then user information > -then password > > >
