openpkg/openpkg.pod@0ba300bdf30a (annotated)
openpkg/openpkg.pod
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:22:00 +0200
- author
- Michael Schloh von Bennewitz <michael@schloh.com>
- date
- Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:22:00 +0200
- changeset 178
- 0ba300bdf30a
- child 428
- f880f219c566
- permissions
- -rw-r--r--
Change unfortunate but partly useful overreaching security tradeoff.
The principle of allocating each running process an individual system
user and group can have security benefits, however maintining a plethora
of users, groups, processes, file modes, file permissions, and even
nonportable file ACLs on a host serving from a hundred processes has
some security disadvantages. This tradeoff is even worse for systems
like OpenPKG which benefit from administration transparency through the
use of minimal system intrusion and only three usage privilege levels.
| michael@13 | 1 | ## |
| michael@13 | 2 | ## openpkg -- OpenPKG Tool Chain |
| michael@13 | 3 | ## Copyright (c) 2000-2007 OpenPKG Foundation e.V. <http://openpkg.net/> |
| michael@13 | 4 | ## Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Ralf S. Engelschall <http://engelschall.com/> |
| michael@13 | 5 | ## |
| michael@13 | 6 | ## Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for |
| michael@13 | 7 | ## any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that |
| michael@13 | 8 | ## the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all |
| michael@13 | 9 | ## copies. |
| michael@13 | 10 | ## |
| michael@13 | 11 | ## THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED |
| michael@13 | 12 | ## WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF |
| michael@13 | 13 | ## MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. |
| michael@13 | 14 | ## IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND THEIR |
| michael@13 | 15 | ## CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, |
| michael@13 | 16 | ## SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT |
| michael@13 | 17 | ## LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF |
| michael@13 | 18 | ## USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND |
| michael@13 | 19 | ## ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, |
| michael@13 | 20 | ## OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT |
| michael@13 | 21 | ## OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
| michael@13 | 22 | ## SUCH DAMAGE. |
| michael@13 | 23 | ## |
| michael@13 | 24 | ## openpkg.pod: Minimum Execution Frontend (Language: Perl POD) |
| michael@13 | 25 | ## |
| michael@13 | 26 | |
| michael@13 | 27 | =pod |
| michael@13 | 28 | |
| michael@13 | 29 | =head1 NAME |
| michael@13 | 30 | |
| michael@13 | 31 | B<OpenPKG> -- Cross-Platform Unix Software Packaging Facility |
| michael@13 | 32 | |
| michael@13 | 33 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
| michael@13 | 34 | |
| michael@13 | 35 | =over 4 |
| michael@13 | 36 | |
| michael@13 | 37 | =item Command Line Interface |
| michael@13 | 38 | |
| michael@13 | 39 | $ B<openpkg> [I<opt> ...] I<cmd> [I<cmd_opt> ...] [I<cmd_arg> ...] |
| michael@13 | 40 | |
| michael@13 | 41 | $ B<openpkg> B<man> I<cmd> |
| michael@13 | 42 | |
| michael@13 | 43 | =item Project Locations |
| michael@13 | 44 | |
| michael@13 | 45 | http://www.openpkg.org/ web service |
| michael@13 | 46 | http://cvs.openpkg.org/ repository service |
| michael@13 | 47 | http://pgp.openpkg.org/ OpenPGP service |
| michael@13 | 48 | ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/ download service |
| michael@13 | 49 | |
| michael@13 | 50 | =item Project Forums |
| michael@13 | 51 | |
| michael@13 | 52 | petidomo@openpkg.org mailing-list manager |
| michael@13 | 53 | openpkg-announce@openpkg.org project announcements |
| michael@13 | 54 | openpkg-dev@openpkg.org developer forum |
| michael@13 | 55 | openpkg-users@openpkg.org users forum |
| michael@13 | 56 | |
| michael@13 | 57 | =item Local Documentation |
| michael@13 | 58 | |
| michael@13 | 59 | openpkg-rpm(1) RPM package manager |
| michael@13 | 60 | openpkg-rpmbuild(1) RPM package manager (build only) |
| michael@13 | 61 | openpkg-rpm2cpio(1) RPM payload utility |
| michael@13 | 62 | openpkg-rpm-config(1) RPM C API utility |
| michael@13 | 63 | openpkg-lsync(1) local area synchronization |
| michael@13 | 64 | openpkg-rc(1) run-command facility |
| michael@13 | 65 | |
| michael@13 | 66 | =back |
| michael@13 | 67 | |
| michael@13 | 68 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
| michael@13 | 69 | |
| michael@13 | 70 | OpenPKG is the world leading instrument for deployment and maintenance |
| michael@13 | 71 | of Open Source software when administration crosses Unix platform |
| michael@13 | 72 | boundaries. The OpenPKG project is a collaboration effort with the |
| michael@13 | 73 | goal of creating and maintaining portable and easy to install software |
| michael@13 | 74 | packages for use on the major Unix server platforms. |
| michael@13 | 75 | |
| michael@13 | 76 | The unique OpenPKG architecture leverages proven technologies like |
| michael@13 | 77 | Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) to establish a unified administration |
| michael@13 | 78 | environment, independent of the underlying operating system. OpenPKG |
| michael@13 | 79 | is completely self-contained and does not even need a preinstallation |
| michael@13 | 80 | of RPM. Instead, RPM is provided as an OpenPKG RPM package itself plus |
| michael@13 | 81 | a tricky bootstrapping procedure in order to allow one to create from |
| michael@13 | 82 | scratch the initial state of the whole OpenPKG software packaging |
| michael@13 | 83 | system. |
| michael@13 | 84 | |
| michael@13 | 85 | =cut |
| michael@13 | 86 |
