Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 13:17:05 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why standard user mailnull (26:26) is missing from /usr/ports/UIDs? Message-ID: <20161230131705.GA6418@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <7aebe839-44c5-3e6e-08ca-c64f9c358f92@FreeBSD.org> References: <20161229132135.GA90049@FreeBSD.org> <7aebe839-44c5-3e6e-08ca-c64f9c358f92@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 03:31:45PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 29/12/2016 13:21, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > Hence there're two questions: > > > > 1) $subj > > 2) Is it OK to add `mailnull' to /usr/ports/UIDs similar to `smmsp'? Or, > > 3) every port should not abuse default system users and create their own? > > Given the mailnull user exists as part of the base system (and in DFly > too), you don't need to add anything to a generated pkg to create that > UID. So you can just set file ownership to mailnull in pkg-plist or > run daemons as the mailnull user from your rc script without having to > add a USERS or GROUPS line to your port Makefile. Makes sense, thank you Matthew. ./danfe
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