fixed outstanding items to make default RPM installation work

package-support/preinstall.sh

@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@ if ! id -u sideboard &>/dev/null; then
     adduser sideboard
 fi
 
-mkdir -p /var/run/sideboard
-chown sideboard.sideboard /var/run/sideboard
+for dname in /var/run/sideboard /var/tmp/sideboard/sessions /opt/sideboard/db /opt/sideboard/plugins; do
+    mkdir -p $dname
+    chown sideboard.sideboard $dname
+done

package-support/sideboard-server.cfg

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+plugins_dir = "/opt/sideboard/plugins"
 
 [cherrypy]
 server.socket_host = "0.0.0.0"
+tools.sessions.storage_path = "/var/tmp/sideboard/sessions"
 
 [loggers]
 root = "INFO"
 
 [handlers]
 [[syslog]]
-class = "logging.handlers.SysLogHandlers"
+class = "logging.handlers.SysLogHandler"
 address = "/dev/log"

requirements.txt

@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ mock==1.0.1
 Sphinx==1.2.1
 coverage==3.6
 paver==1.2.2
+wheel==0.24.0
+pip==1.5.6
+sh==1.09

sideboard/__init__.py

@@ -11,21 +11,6 @@
     from sideboard.lib import log
     log.warning('Error importing server', exc_info=True)
 
-# check for arguments which are required for daemon/server but are not required for core
-from sideboard.lib import on_startup, config, ConfigurationError
-@on_startup
-def _check_sometimes_required_options():
-    missing = []
-    for optname in ['ldap.url', 'ldap.basedn']:
-        val = config[optname]
-        if not val or isinstance(val, (list, tuple)) and not filter(bool, val):
-            missing.append(optname)
-
-    if missing:
-        message = 'missing configuration options: {}'.format(missing)
-        log.error(message)
-        raise ConfigurationError(message)
-
 from sideboard.internal.imports import _discover_plugins
 from sideboard.internal.logging import _configure_logging