[Pkg-iscsi-maintainers] Bug#507003: initiatorname.iscsi should maybe not be in /etc

[Luk Claes]

Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> Hi Luk and all,
> 
> On Saturday 03 Oct 2009 03:50:48 Luk Claes wrote:
>> I investigated this bug and while the file states that it should not be
>> changed, it's actually part of the configuration of open-iscsi. For some
>> setup we use at work we do change the initiatorname to have the name
>> make more sense to us. The reason the file states that the content
>> should not be changed is that when you change it in a working setup, you
>> break that. Similar things are true for other files in /etc though.
>>
> 
> Does this content look good to be added to README.Debian ?
> 
> ==
> The initiatorname.iscsi file defines the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) of the iSCSI 
> initiator. This IQN is used by the initiator to identify itself to the target.
> 
> Example: InitiatorName=iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:lnx-debian
> 
> While this name can be adjusted to suit your needs, once set, it should not be 
> changed. If you later change the InitiatorName, existing access control lists 
> on the target may reject the initiator to log in. In case a name change is 
> required, the access control lists on the target will need to be updated.
> ==

Yes, that looks fine.

Cheers

Luk