[pkg-bacula-devel] Bug#742228: bacula-common: be explicit about debian passwords policy in bacula

[Alberto Fuentes]

Package: bacula-common
Version: 5.2.6+dfsg-9.1
Severity: normal

After installation it was not clear to me if passwords were auto-generated of
where defaults during the installation

Even tho it does the right thing (auto-generate passwords) it should be
explained for the peace of mind

I suggest several changes:

common_default_passwords:
from:
# This file holds defaults for new Bacula packages installed on this system.
# It is used only when you install a new Bacula package, and can be
# safely removed at any time.

to:
# This file has been autogenerated during the package installation and
# it holds defaults for new Bacula packages installed on this system.
# It is used only when you install a new Bacula package, and can be
# safely removed at any time.

man bacula:
in the CONFIGURATION section add:
Please, notice default passwords are auto-generated during the first
installation and you dont need to provide your own

README.Debian
from:
USERS & SECURITY
================

Make sure you customize the passwords in the files in /etc/bacula.

to:
USERS & SECURITY
================

Passwords in /etc/bacula are auto-generated during installation. They are saved
in /etc/bacula/common_default_passwords. This file can be safely removed after
installation


I can provide this in the form of a patch if requested, but you can probably
put a more accurate text than mine :>

Greets



-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.13-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages bacula-common depends on:
ii  adduser       3.113+nmu3
ii  libc6         2.18-4
ii  libcap2       1:2.22-1.2
ii  libgcc1       1:4.8.2-16
ii  libpython2.7  2.7.6-7
ii  libssl1.0.0   1.0.1f-1
ii  libstdc++6    4.8.2-16
ii  libwrap0      7.6.q-25
ii  zlib1g        1:1.2.8.dfsg-1

bacula-common recommends no packages.

Versions of packages bacula-common suggests:
pn  bacula-doc  <none>

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