Bug#976960: systemd: Please package systemd-userdbd and systemd-homed

[Michael Biebl]

On Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:31:33 +0100 =?utf-8?q?J=C3=B6rg_Behrmann?= <behrmann at physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 246.6-2~bpo10+1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Dear systemd maintainers,
> 
> judging from salsa [1] and the file lists of the systemd package on
> buster-backports and sid, systemd is currently built without the the
> systemd-userdbd and systemd-homed binaries and accompanying services.
> 
> It would be great if these tools could be distributed either in the systemd
> package or, if deemed necessary, as an extra package, like systemd-container.
> 
> I am aware, that these tools might need some more integration with Debian,
> e.g. providing PAM snippets, but they are mostly standalone and their use can be
> completely avoided even when installed, as they are installed by default e.g. on
> Arch Linux.
> 
> I think this these tools could be a great boon in enterprise settings for
> mounting users' homes via SMB in a nicely portable fashion.

I still fail to see the use-case for homed, tbh and the current
implementation still requires quite a few hacks (see the fosdem 2020
talk of Lennart and the problems e.g. with SSH keys).

Atm this appears more like a tech-preview/demo and I don't feel
comfortable yet supporting it.
This can be reconsidered in bookworm.

Michael



[1] https://archive.fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/rhdlp/

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