F45 Change Proposal: Authselect Remove NIS Profile (self-contained)

[Aoife Moloney]

Wiki - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Authselect_Remove_NIS_Profile
Discussion thread -
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f45-change-proposal-authselect-remove...

This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

== Summary ==
Authselect currently ships four profiles local, sssd, winbind and nis.
This change suggest removing the nis profile from authselect - it will
no longer be possible to configure nsswitch.conf for NIS with
authselect using "authselect select nis" but NIS will still be
available on the system and users will be able to configure their
nsswitch.conf to use NIS with custom authselect profile or manually.

== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:pbrezina| Pavel Březina]]
* Email: [e-mail]

== Detailed Description ==
This change will remove the authselect nis profile from the list of
shipped profiles. User's will no longer be able to choose this profile
to configure their nsswitch.conf for NIS support. They will need to do
it manually or with a custom authselect profile.

== Feedback ==
No feedback.

== Benefit to Fedora ==
NIS is an old, outdated technology. This change does not strip NIS
support from the system, only from authselect profiles. Vast majority
of the Fedora users should not be affected and user's that still
require NIS will still be able to use it. Reducing number of profiles
will make authselect maintenance easier.

== Scope ==
* Proposal owners: Remove NIS profile from authselect RPM and from
authselect upstream.

* Other developers: None

* Release engineering: None.
[https://forge.fedoraproject.org/releng/tickets/issues #Releng issue
number]

* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

* Alignment with the Fedora Strategy:

== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
User's that have the nis profile selected will still have the system
configured correctly after upgrade. But "authselect check" will report
issues.

== Early Testing (Optional) ==

== How To Test ==
check that `authselect list` no longer shows nis

== User Experience ==
Authselect nis profile is no longer available.

== Dependencies ==

== Contingency Plan ==
Revert changes if needed.

* Contingency mechanism: (What to do?  Who will do it?) N/A (not a
System Wide Change)
* Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change)

== Documentation ==
N/A (not a System Wide Change)

== Release Notes ==
The "nis" authselect profile was removed. If you use this profile,
make sure to create and select a custom authselect profile that will
enable nis support on your system or opt-out from authselect with
"authselect opt-out", keeping the current configuration intact.