Re: SCPM

From: Greg Folkert (greg_at_gregfolkert.net)
Date: 08/19/04

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    To: Michael Satterwhite <michael@weblore.com>, DebianUser List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 18:38:37 -0400

    On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 15:10 -0500, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
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    > On Wednesday 18 August 2004 14:53, Greg Folkert wrote:
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    > > Now, just a quick question here... why in the world would you expect
    > > this to be in Debian?
    >
    > Doh!
    >
    > Because I stupidly didn't look at what the acronym stood for.
    >
    > Coming from the SuSE world, I took it for granted. Sorry. What tool is used to
    > switch network profiles in the real world?

    Here is a few you can try, there a quite a number to choose from.

    $ apt-cache show ifscheme
    Package: ifscheme
    Priority: extra
    Section: net
    Installed-Size: 28
    Maintainer: Guus Sliepen <guus@debian.org>
    Architecture: all
    Version: 1.3-1
    Filename: pool/main/i/ifscheme/ifscheme_1.3-1_all.deb
    Size: 6438
    MD5sum: 8091dc1bcac2bab6d863d13ebc443911
    Description: scheme control for network interfaces
     ifscheme allows you to change network configuraton schemes or query the
     current scheme. It integrates with the ifup(8) command and interfaces(5). For
     example, you might use this program to configure a "home" scheme and a "work"
     scheme for a network device on a laptop. When you move between home and work,
     a simple command can reconfigure your networking.

    $ apt-cache show intuitively
    Package: intuitively
    Priority: optional
    Section: admin
    Installed-Size: 140
    Maintainer: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@debian.org>
    Architecture: i386
    Version: 0.6
    Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5-13), libpcap0.7
    Suggests: wireless-tools
    Filename: pool/main/i/intuitively/intuitively_0.6_i386.deb
    Size: 26468
    MD5sum: 0238b2e5e773ab685b9e6b06a96ed4c5
    Description: Automatic IP configuration detection for laptops
     A utility to locate current network address via arp requests
     and perform heavy reconfigurations based on its findings.
     .
     "intuitively" is intended for laptop users or people who use their
     machines in different networks all the time. It is meant to be run
     from the PCMCIA network initialization scripts or the command line.

    $ apt-cache show laptop-net
    Package: laptop-net
    Priority: optional
    Section: admin
    Installed-Size: 272
    Maintainer: Chris Hanson <cph@debian.org>
    Architecture: i386
    Version: 2.25-6
    Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libnet1 (>= 1.1.2-1), libpcap0.7, debconf (>= 1.2.9), ifupdown, lockfile-progs, modutils | module-init-tools, net-tools
    Suggests: dhcp-client | dhcp3-client, laptop-net-doc, pcmcia-cs, psmisc, resolvconf
    Filename: pool/main/l/laptop-net/laptop-net_2.25-6_i386.deb
    Size: 50772
    MD5sum: 14977389c752581e4c1d353a30a585ab
    Description: Automatically adapt laptop ethernet
     The laptop-net package supports the built-in ethernet of laptops by
     providing several integrated features that automatically adapt the
     laptop to the network environment. The package is easily configured
     to support a wide variety of network environments, and supports
     manual as well as automatic management of the network interface.
     .
     Laptop-net can automatically: start and stop the network interface at
     appropriate times; disable the network interface when the network
     cable is removed, and enable it when the cable is inserted; select
     the network interface's IP address, either by probing the network for
     known hosts or by use of the DHCP protocol; customize the laptop's
     software configuration to match the network interface's IP address.

    $ apt-cache show laptop-netconf
    Package: laptop-netconf
    Priority: extra
    Section: net
    Installed-Size: 160
    Maintainer: Matt Kern <matt@debian.org>
    Architecture: i386
    Version: 0.9.6
    Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libpcap0.7, debconf
    Filename: pool/main/l/laptop-netconf/laptop-netconf_0.9.6_i386.deb
    Size: 14782
    MD5sum: f94f3ffc00dc4d7977bc20e2ec56a00d
    Description: network detection and configuration program for laptops
     laptop-netconf can automatically determine, from a set of
     preconfigured alternatives, the network to which your laptop is
     connected.
     .
     Once the network has been detected, you can run arbitrary scripts
     to configure the services on your laptop for correct local operation.
     .
     This package requires some basic networking knowledge and scripting
     ability at present. A sample configuration is enclosed.

    $ apt-cache show netenv
    Package: netenv
    Priority: extra
    Section: admin
    Installed-Size: 324
    Maintainer: Frank Küster <frank@kuesterei.ch>
    Architecture: all
    Version: 0.94.3-7
    Depends: dialog (>= 0.9a-20020309a-1), debconf (>= 1.0.32), coreutils | stat
    Filename: pool/main/n/netenv/netenv_0.94.3-7_all.deb
    Size: 65782
    MD5sum: 5162bc77fb032781790662cb5ba7b018
    Description: Configure your system for different network environments
     Netenv lets you choose your network environment (and other things) upon
     boot, which is useful for notebook computers. The difference to similar
     packages is that it doesn't try to autodetect your environment, but
     expects your input. You can, however, specify a default or pass it a
     parameter from the boot prompt to allow for unattained boot. You can also
     use it to switch between environments without rebooting.
     .
     It will work with PCMCIA or builtin network cards.

    $ apt-cache show switchconf
    Package: switchconf
    Priority: optional
    Section: admin
    Installed-Size: 144
    Maintainer: Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org>
    Architecture: all
    Version: 0.0.2-9
    Suggests: pcmcia-cs
    Filename: pool/main/s/switchconf/switchconf_0.0.2-9_all.deb
    Size: 6090
    MD5sum: 275c14f6d739042559c7779fc1150d19
    Description: Change system configuration to one of many predefined
     Switchconf allows users to easily change their system's settings,
     choosing between the possible configurations for different
     environments.
     .
     Most switchconf users are laptop owners who want to change their
     network settings according to where they currently are - but there
     are many cases for non mobile systems to desire to choose between
     configuration sets.
     .
     Switchconf is a very simple script that takes its arguments from the
     command line. It allows you to maintain different sets of
     configurations, installing the desired set of configuration when
     called with its name as an argument, and execute a pre-specified set
     of commands before and after the switch.

    $ apt-cache show whereami
    Package: whereami
    Priority: extra
    Section: net
    Installed-Size: 296
    Maintainer: Andrew McMillan <debian@mcmillan.net.nz>
    Architecture: all
    Version: 0.3.16
    Depends: perl, debconf (>= 1.2.9)
    Suggests: pcmcia-cs, fping, net-tools, iputils-arping, ifplugd,
    wireless-tools, resolvconf, ethtool, oops
    Filename: pool/main/w/whereami/whereami_0.3.16_all.deb
    Size: 60278
    MD5sum: 5bf75836959f1c0dfbaf4fe59ce2c85a
    Description: Automatically reconfigure your (laptop) system for a new
    location
     whereami is a set of useful scripts and a coordinating system for
     automatically re-locating your computer within the current (network)
     environment.
     .
     Typically, you would use whereami to automatically detect and
     re-configure your laptop when you move between a variety of diverse
     networks and/or docking environments.
     .
     Although whereami will work best if all of your networks assign
     addresses through dhcp, this is not a pre-requisite and the system
     allows any technique to be used to ascertain the new location with
     as little ongoing user intervention as possible.
     .
     Having ascertained the correct location, whereami will run appropriate
     (user-configured) scripts to adjust the laptop operation to suit the
     current environment.
     .
     See the man pages for more information. You may also get useful
     assistance from the debian-laptop mailing list, which is
     frequented by several of the users and contributors. 

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