Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:27:14 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A maintainers question: how to create a user? Message-ID: <8F20DC466365ED01DE47B630@utd71538.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaXkpgAH3vdc%2BgmVKCvvouap78rgVm%2B45KUoRagTFsMc9yQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaXkpgAH3vdc%2BgmVKCvvouap78rgVm%2B45KUoRagTFsMc9yQ@mail.gmail.com>
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--On December 15, 2011 7:16:09 PM -0500 Aryeh Friedman
<aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote:
> See subject for the main question... the details: I am the maintainer of
> devel/aegis and the final installation step typically (linux RPM's for
> example) is to create a user to hold the baselines (in svn/cvs/csup speak
> the project's repo) of the varioous projects managed by aegis...
> customerly this is MUST be a non-logginable (you MUST [requirements
> document meaning of upper case MUST/SHOULD/MAY {NOT}) but allow for su
> from either root or via sudo a member of "wheel")... it is a standard
> account in all other respects for example I typically set it to tcsh but
> the port might want to make that an make time option... what is the best
> way of setting this all up (both the no options and the options based
> versions)
>
Look at USERS and GROUPS in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
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