On Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:31:33 +0100 =?utf-8?q?J=C3=B6rg_Behrmann?= <behrm...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > Package: systemd > Version: 246.6-2~bpo10+1 > Severity: wishlist > > Dear systemd maintainers, > > judging from salsa [1] and the file lists of the systemd package on > buster-backports and sid, systemd is currently built without the the > systemd-userdbd and systemd-homed binaries and accompanying services. > > It would be great if these tools could be distributed either in the systemd > package or, if deemed necessary, as an extra package, like systemd-container. > > I am aware, that these tools might need some more integration with Debian, > e.g. providing PAM snippets, but they are mostly standalone and their use can > be > completely avoided even when installed, as they are installed by default e.g. > on > Arch Linux. > > I think this these tools could be a great boon in enterprise settings for > mounting users' homes via SMB in a nicely portable fashion.
I still fail to see the use-case for homed, tbh and the current implementation still requires quite a few hacks (see the fosdem 2020 talk of Lennart and the problems e.g. with SSH keys). Atm this appears more like a tech-preview/demo and I don't feel comfortable yet supporting it. This can be reconsidered in bookworm. Michael [1] https://archive.fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/rhdlp/
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