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sysusers.d/tmpfiles.d config files allow a package to use declarative configuration instead of manually written maintainer scripts. This also allows image-based systems to be created with /usr/ only, and also allows for factory resetting a system and recreating /etc/ on boot. https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/sysusers.d.html https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/tmpfiles.d.html Tests: - /var/lib/plinth and /var/lib/plinth/sessions/ are created on package install. Ownership is plinth:plinth. 0755 is permissions. - /var/lib/plinth/firstboot-wizard-secret file is created on package install. Ownership is plinth:plinth. 0400 is permissions. During first wizard, providing the secret works. - /var/lib/plinth/backups-data is owned by root:root. - When upgrading from old package to new the permissions don't change. - When reinstalling the new package, the permissions do not change. - User is created same as before. plinth❌987:987:FreedomBox service:/var/lib/plinth:/usr/sbin/nologin - Group is created same as before. plinth❌987: - id plinth uid=987(plinth) gid=987(plinth) groups=987(plinth) - Upgrading from old package to new does not change user and group records. - Reinstalling new version does not change user and group records. [sunil: Don't recursively change ownership for /var/lib/plinth/] [sunil: Change ownership specifically for /var/lib/plinth/firstboot-wizard-secret] Signed-off-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org> Reviewed-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org> Tested-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org>
FreedomBox Service (Plinth)
The core functionality and web front-end of FreedomBox.
Description
FreedomBox is a community project to develop, design and promote personal servers running free software for private, personal communications. It is a networking appliance designed to allow interfacing with the rest of the Internet under conditions of protected privacy and data security. It hosts applications such as blog, wiki, website, social network, email, web proxy and a Tor relay, on a device that can replace your Wi-Fi router, so that your data stays with you.
This module, called FreedomBox Service and also know as Plinth, is the core functionality and web interface to the functions of the FreedomBox. It is extensible and provides various applications of FreedomBox as modules. Each module or application provides simplified user interface to control the underlying functionality. As FreedomBox can act as a wireless router, it is possible to configure networking. It also allows configuration of basic system parameters such as time zone, hostname and automatic upgrades.
You can find more information about FreedomBox Service (Plinth) on the Plinth Wiki page, the FreedomBox Wiki and the FreedomBox Manual.
Getting Started
To have a running FreedomBox, first install Debian (Buster or higher) on a clean machine. Then run:
$ sudo apt install freedombox
Full instructions are available on FreedomBox Manual's QuickStart page.
For instructions on running the service on a local machine from source code, see INSTALL.md. For instructions on setting up for development purposes, see HACKING.md.
Contributing
See the HACKING.md file for contributing to FreedomBox Service (Plinth).
Localization
License
FreedomBox is distributed under the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3 or later. A copy of AGPLv3 is available from the Free Software Foundation.