Bug#1008820: lemonldap-ng: Latest stable update overwrites the config file with default

[Yadd]

On 02/04/2022 10:25, Romain wrote:
> Package: lemonldap-ng
> Version: 2.0.11+ds-4+deb11u1
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Updating from Debian 11.2 to 11.3 lemonldap-ng package have replaced the lemondldap-ng config file
> 
> /var/lib/lemonldap-ng/conf/lmConf-1.json with default
> 
> with the package one, making the system unusable as it basically contains all the configuration related to hosted apps, redirection urls, authentication backends and many more.
> 
> Luckily I had a backup - restoring the backup file and restarting apache2 fixed the problem.
> 
> I suggest that the newer releases do not overwrite anymore the files in /var/lib/lemonldap-ng/conf/, or moves this default configuration directory into etc
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> farfade

Hi,

LLNG adds a configuration file on each update. If you want to customize 
default configuration, simply copy it into 
/var/lib/lemonldap-ng/conf/lmConf-2.json (and change cfgNum value), then 
updates won't overwrite it.

Cheers,
Yadd