Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:16:48 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Using customised usernames in ports Message-ID: <CADLo83_-oJ4gqJa7A26Xm0Ywrb3yEBONbz7dgyS26n7GYBP6nw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi all,
Since we've stopped using pkg-install scripts and started using USERS=
and GROUPS= to create users and groups we've lost the ability to
provide an alternative username/groupname for the port to install
with.
It's still possible to do for a port (ex postgresql):
PG_USER?= pgsql
USERS= ${PG_USER}
but if PG_USER is set to something different, a new line in
/usr/ports/UIDs must be added to match it, and put back every time the
port is upgraded.
The patch at [1] will allow a username already existing on the system
to be used instead, so it'll be easy enough for the end user to create
the user and group then set the PG_USER (or whatever) in make.conf,
and packages will also be built using the correct user.
Thanks to brooks@ for pointing out the use of getent.
Comments?
Chris
[1] http://www.bayofrum.net/~crees/patches/bsd-port-mk-users-existing.diff
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