The first beta of Calculate Utilities 3.5 has been made available. The brand new sys-apps/calculate-utils
package now features server configuration tools, even though only only basics are supported for the time being, such as database deployment, LDAP server configuration, creating accounts for Unix users, files and configuration backups, etc. We completely rewrote the server utilities. Server templates were moved to the Calculate overlay. Two more USE flags, backup
and server
, were added to the package, which stand respectively for creating backups and server configuration. Until they have been implemented, the new server features will not be available for Calculate Directory Server. Instead, a transitory solution called Timeless will be released regularly, to be later merged with CDS.
We also have been working a lot on templates. Quite a few new functions, options and variables were added. Conditions are also better handled now.
Features
Main
- Tools were added for configuration of LDAP and Unix accounts to be stored in LDAP
-
cl-backup
andcl-backup-restore
utilities added - Users can access console functions directly, by running
cl-console
. Note that most Calculate utilities are now stored in/usr/bin
instead of/usr/sbin
- One session for
cl-console
andcl-console-gui
- Current configuration files previously stored in
/etc/calculate
were moved to/var/lib/calculate
./etc/calculate
is now used for migration at installation time
Server tools
- LDAP configuration
- possibility to change the BaseDN
- service password regeneration
- remove a service and reconfigure the system
- configs integrated with templates 3.5
- Accounts server configuration
- current system setup for authentication via LDAP server
- service password regeneration
- remove a service and reconfigure the system
- add or remove a user account
- add or remove a group
- reconfigure users and groups
- multiple group and user modifications available: add, remove, replace the list
- rename a group
- user or group info displayed
- flexible group and user filtration scheme
- field selection for group and user viewing
- group and user management fully supported via a GUI interface as well as from the command line
Backup tools
**** cl-backup
***** backup of configuration files created by Calculate templates
***** custom configuration backup
***** LDAP server backup
**** cl-backup-restore
***** restore only files containing differences
***** diffs in comments to restored files headers
***** restore configurations of out-of-box packages
***** restore configuration checksums
***** restore permissions to restored files
***** restore network configuration
***** restore autorun services
***** restore user accounts
***** restart services whenever server parameters have been restored
Templates
- Main changes
- Multiple
ini.env
files can be processed - Template variables, functions, and conditions were optimized
- Faster processing due to variable substitution at conditions and values calculation time
- Variables can be used, that get a space as a template option value (such as in
chown=#-ur_login-#:#-ur_group-#
) -
module()
added to check for the module (the CU version will be returned if the module is included, or else nothing) - Indefinite variables can be used in the non-executable part of a conditional block (problem fixed)
-
"OR"
processed in conditional blocks(#!keyword#)
- Better audio configuration (both your sound card and your hardware can be setup)
-
ldif
format supported
- Multiple
- Functions
-
ls()
added to list the files from a directory -
mergepkg()
added, that combines bothmerge()
andpkg()
functionality -
exists()
remplaced"1"
, to return the filetype character code - UUID generation with
rnd()
modified - Values returned by
wallpaper()
were modified -
cut()
added to return a line fragment - Localization problem fixed when calling
print()
,warning()
anderror()
functions
-
- Conditions
- In condition blocks, it is possible to check if the version number belongs to the interval
(x<=y,z)
- Embedded conditions supported
- In condition blocks, it is possible to check if the version number belongs to the interval
- Options
-
link=<path>
added, to copy directories with templates -
restart=<service>
,start=<service>
,stop=<service>
added for templates, to start or stop services -
"protected"
works OK with"mirror"
now - Template processing with
"append=after"
fixed
-
- Miscellaneous
-
._cfg
configuration files now update correctly with the"--force"
option - More efficient checkup for checksum
CONTENTS
files - Command-line table indentation fixed
- Short options will be processes differently.
"-soff"
will not be interpreted sponaneously as"-s -o -f -f"
- Update availability is provided for by
/var/lib/calculate/calculate-update/updates.available
- The
cl_pass_file
variable now stores the template name - A new variable was added, to store the current kernel version
-
cl-passwd
removed
-
Graphics
- Better support of the system color scheme
- Updated appearances, including new own icons
- Some modifications for the update icon sitting in system tray