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On Monday 20 July 2009 18:33:58 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Monday 20 July 2009 17:49:00 Dirk Uys wrote: |
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> > Hi everyone |
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> > |
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> > I'm busy installing Gentoo on a local server. I'm using |
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> > "default/linux/amd64/2008.0/server" as the profile. I noticed that I |
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> > get a nice little warning every time I emerge a package saying |
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that |
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> > the profile is untested. |
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> > |
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> > My main concern for using the current server profile is to get a |
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> > minimal install, not security. Should I be using a different profile |
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> > (like hardened) or is the one I'm using fine? |
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> > |
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> > Regards |
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> > Dirk Uys |
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> |
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> Set I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING to anything other than "yes" in root's |
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profile |
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> and the error will go away. I don't believe the warnings are in any |
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way |
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> dangerous, to get a minimal install it will have removed USE flags |
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and not |
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> installed any services (as opposed to adding stuff the make things |
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> minimal). Issues can be fixed by enabling the USE flags you do |
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want. |
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Keep in mind that the server profile will try to pull in some USE that |
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you probably don't want in a minimal installation (such as mysql, |
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apache, etc.) |
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