On 05-07T 1:43, Pedro Salgueiro wrote:
> Can a deb package create a user?
Packages like gdm do:
-- *SNIP* /var/lib/dpkg/info/gdm.postinst *SNIP* --
# creating gdm user if he isn't already there
if ! getent passwd gdm >/dev/null; then
echo Adding system user: gdm.
adduser --system --ingroup gdm --home /var/lib/gdm gdm
usermod -c "Gnome Display Manager" gdm
usermod -d "/var/lib/gdm" gdm
usermod -g "gdm" gdm
usermod -s "/bin/false" gdm
fi
-- *SNIP* *SNIP* --
Though I was a bit confused -- point 10.2 of the policy manual
regulates that no package except base-passwd should modify
/etc/passwd, /etc/groups, ...
Does this only cover modifying directly, or is usage of adduser, etc.,
disencouraged, too?
-towo, puzzled
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