Main Inclusion Report for libpam-mount

Requirements

1. Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/libp/libpam-mount, available for all supported architectures

2. Rationale:

   • Part of edubuntu-network-auth-server spec, needed home directory mounting with ldap network authentication

   • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerPackageReview

3. Security:

   • No [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=libpam-mount CVE entries].

   • No recent entries in [http://secunia.com/search/?search=libpam-mount Secunia history].

   • No binaries running as root or suid/sgid.
   • Does not open any port.
   • Source code review:

4. Quality assurance:

   • Package works out of the box without configuration.

   • No showstopper [http://bugs.debian.org/src:libpam-mount Debian bugs].

   • Good maintenance [http://packages.qa.debian.org/libp/libpam-mount.html in Debian].

   • Active [http://sourceforge.net/projects/pam-mount upstream].

   • No critical bugs [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=41452&atid=430593 upstream]

   • Does not deal with exotic hardware which we cannot support.

5. Standards compliance:

   • Meets the [http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ FHS], [http://www.de.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ Debian Policy]

   • Meets [http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html Debian library packaging guide] standards.

   • Standard debhelper/cdbs/dbs packaging, standard patch system.

6. Dependencies:

   • Depends and B-D on libhx that's in universe. Uses libxml-writer-perl in universe.

Reviewers

ogra FabioMassimoDiNitto