Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:42:25 +0200 From: Patrick Hess <patrickhess@gmx.net> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg installation && adduser Message-ID: <2625928.x9bsQ44ZxQ@desk8.phess.net> In-Reply-To: <20150804071742.GA35753@c720-r276659> References: <20150804071742.GA35753@c720-r276659>
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Matthias Apitz wrote:
> I'm trying to understand how the package command creates users during
> the installation of packages, for example the dbus-1.8.8.txz does not
> contain any file or script for creating the groups and user
> 'messagebus'. How this is done during 'pkg install dbus'.
>
> [...]
>
> # tar tzf work/pkg/dbus-1.8.8.txz | fgrep +
> +COMPACT_MANIFEST
> +MANIFEST
Take a look at the contents of that +MANIFEST file (linebreaks added
here for better readability):
# tar xvf dbus-1.8.20.txz
x +COMPACT_MANIFEST
x +MANIFEST
[...]
# cat +MANIFEST
[...]
"scripts":
{"pre-install":
"echo \"===> Creating users and/or groups.\"
if ! /usr/sbin/pw groupshow messagebus >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo \"Creating group 'messagebus' with gid '556'.\"
/usr/sbin/pw groupadd messagebus -g 556
[...]
Patrick
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