[gentoo-user] Gentoo server profile

[gentoo-user] Gentoo server profile

[Dirk Uys]

Hi everyone

I'm busy installing Gentoo on a local server. I'm using
"default/linux/amd64/2008.0/server" as the profile. I noticed that I
get a nice little warning every time I emerge a package saying that
the profile is untested.

My main concern for using the current server profile is to get a
minimal install, not security. Should I be using a different profile
(like hardened) or is the one I'm using fine?

Regards
Dirk Uys

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo server profile

[Alan McKinnon]

On Monday 20 July 2009 17:49:00 Dirk Uys wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> I'm busy installing Gentoo on a local server. I'm using
> "default/linux/amd64/2008.0/server" as the profile. I noticed that I
> get a nice little warning every time I emerge a package saying that
> the profile is untested.
>
> My main concern for using the current server profile is to get a
> minimal install, not security. Should I be using a different profile
> (like hardened) or is the one I'm using fine?
>
> Regards
> Dirk Uys

Set I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING to anything other than "yes" in root's profile and 
the error will go away. I don't believe the warnings are in any way dangerous, 
to get a minimal install it will have removed USE flags and not installed any 
services (as opposed to adding stuff the make things minimal). Issues can be 
fixed by enabling the USE flags you do want.

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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo server profile

[Momesso Andrea]

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

Keep in mind that the server profile will try to pull in some USE that 
you probably don't want in a minimal installation (such as mysql, 
apache, etc.)

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TopperH

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