On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 23:11:10 -0700, Rick wrote in message <20200914061110.gu29...@linuxmafia.com>:
> Quoting Arnt Karlsen (a...@iaksess.no): > > > He does appear to understand what systemd-homed is capable of doing > > to us if we don't watch out: > > Mr. Smith didn't say hardly anything about Poettering's systemd-homed, > just took a shot in passing. ..aye, his main rant is on the effects of systemd's mission creep, commonly starting with systemd's new shiny "optional" features. > > https://linuxreviews.org/Systemd-homed > > https://linux.slashdot.org/story/19/09/21/0110240/systemd-homed-systemd-now-working-to-improve-home-directory-handling > > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=systemd-homed > > > > ...and, their comments... > > The systemd release that includes this optional service, v. 246, was > apparently released on July 30th. Distrowatch claims at least one > release of these distros includes that particular (latest) systemd > version: > > Manjaro Linux > Ubuntu > Debian > Fedora > Arch Linux > ArcoLinux > SparkyLinux > Mageia > Devuan GNU+Linux ..looks like we're still waaay too sleepy at the wheel. Imagine losing your /home, or your home. Which is worse? > Bluestar Linux > Gentoo Linux > ALT Linux > Finnix > Garuda Linux > Linux From Scratch > RebornOS > Lunar Linux > > I'm curious how many, if any, of those are going to enable the > systemd-homed service in their default installations. My guess is few > or none, but I lack data. ..the bigger problems are how the ones in the know, acts on the ones they should be protecting: 1. distro packagers on the newbies, and 2. sysadmins on their un-suspecting users, bosses, share holders etc owners. ..me, I want to be in charge of my own web browser logs, email etc data. I want to be able to tell the cops what I saw on 7/7/7 at 7:7pm, once they have convinced me they are chasing actual criminals and not some refugees. E.g. checking my email "for that period in time", will help jog my memory of whatever I may have seen, and not seen. Etc. ..if I ever become a refugee myself, I want to be able to destroy all my data so they don't wind up with some fascist regime trying to criminalize something lawful, e.g. having witnessed something. ..either way, I wanna make that decision myself, and not leave that decision to some systemd fanboi sysadmin or distro packager, or to _anyone_ else. Women have a similar thing with their own bodies, as they damned right should have. > FWIW, my impression (untested) is that sysadmins who don't want this > service on a distro that defaults to using systemd can simply switch > it off. (There is also some PAM plumbing related to it.) ..aye, mission creepy systemd has built itself quite a record on "how optional things can be switched off" and not. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
