Disabling of userdb/passdb modules using config statements

Jeroen Massar jeroen at massar.ch
Fri Apr 10 12:28:31 UTC 2015


On 2015-04-10 14:23, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> On Sex, 10 Abr 2015, Jeroen Massar wrote:
>> Though indeed simpler than commenting out multiple lines, that file also
>> gets replaced by a package upgrade.
>>
>> Hence does not solve the 'can just upgrade silently' issue.
> 
> If the file is unchanged then, yes, it gets replaced on upgrades. If it
> has local changes, however, you'll get a prompt asking what you want to
> do (keep your changes or use the package version). So while it fails you
> "upgrade silently" requirement, you'll not automatically loose the
> changes you've made.

That is correct, though as I don't want to ever be asked about such
things, I am looking for a nicer solution and suggested the 'enabled =
false' option for these kind of situations.

One does not want to manually approve such changes on every box one
runs, can be quite a few of them ;)

Greets,
 Jeroen


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