Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 07:30:47 +0100 From: olli hauer <ohauer@gmx.de> To: FreeBSD ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> Subject: Re: Is pkg-install the best solution? Message-ID: <54D85417.7020209@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <47937acfdc6fc1260b746fc52a2f5d92@ultimatedns.net> References: <47937acfdc6fc1260b746fc52a2f5d92@ultimatedns.net>
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On 2015-02-09 03:05, Chris H wrote:
> Greetings,
> I'm working with a port that [conditionally] requires
> creating/setting a UID && GID. Following is my approach
> for a pkg-install. But would simply setting them as
> USERS=
> GROUPS=
> in Makefile be a better approach?
> pkg-install:
> #!/bin/sh
>
> PATH=/bin:/usr/sbin
>
> if [ -z "${WRAP_USER}" ]; then
> WRAP_USER=myapp
> fi
>
> case $2 in
> PRE-INSTALL)
> UID=181
> GID=${UID}
> if [ ! -d "${MYAPP_DIR}" ]; then
> mkdir -p ${MYAPP_DIR}
> fi
> if pw user show "${WRAP_USER}" 2>/dev/null; then
> echo "You already have a user \"${WRAP_USER}\", so I will use it."
> if pw usermod ${WRAP_USER} -d ${MYAPP_DIR}
> then
> echo "Changed home directory of \"${WRAP_USER}\" to \"${MYAPP_DIR}\""
> else
> "${MYAPP_DIR}\" failed..."
<snip> ...
Hi Chris,
go with USERS,GROUPS in Makefile and if the user/group does not already exist in ports/UIDs, ports/GIDs request one together with the new port.
Using pkg-install to create users/groups is deprecated.
--
Regards,
olli
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