[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #961: init scripts included in the apt-get install for tahoe-lafs on Debian/Ubuntu derivatives

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#961: init scripts included in the apt-get install for tahoe-lafs on
Debian/Ubuntu derivatives
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     Reporter:  stott                |      Owner:  zooko
         Type:  enhancement          |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal               |  Milestone:  1.11.0
    Component:  packaging            |    Version:  1.5.0
   Resolution:  somebody else's      |   Keywords:  init security docs
  problem                            |  reviewed debian ubuntu
Launchpad Bug:                       |
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Comment (by zooko):

 I'm leaving this ticket closed, but here I'm posting a copy of my code-
 review of bertagaz's patch which is now in Debian.



 Thank you for working on this! I just reviewed
 http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=tahoe/tahoe.git;a=blob;f=debian/README.Debian;h=14ea2a7c1b38d41df36dd052c44cdf22603fd775;hb=87f7666c2c3a5059dc28ea95c336b9de7f08ae47
 . It is interesting that this is using the username within the local
 operating system as the "nick". That isn't what we intended the
 nickname to be for, but I don't see anything obviously wrong with it.
 It means that the node will announce to everyone who connects to it
 what the local username is. Is that what was expected?

 Hm, actually now that I think this through, I think the human reading
 that doc needs a warning about this! I think you should add a sentence
 that says "This nickname will be announced to all participants in the
 grid." or something like that. Or, change the suggested command-lines
 so that it no longer fills in the "nick" field from the username.

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