Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:09:40 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creation of users in ports Message-ID: <CADLo83--VFdMvJrcsgrqJ5SRFvRX8KkDTB-zEvRzpLjnJ4eYRA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111207200624.GA49137@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <CADLo8397bb09XhHW1cuMonXDCtkUaj1c%2BsOA9e6zBEio=X=EjA@mail.gmail.com> <20111207200624.GA49137@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
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On 7 December 2011 20:06, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 07:54:07PM +0000, Chris Rees wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm at a loss as to how to restore functionality for creating (or >> using) customised users in ports. =A0For example, using the old method >> (pkg-install scripts) many ports allowed the user to change the >> username used for the port. >> >> With the new functionality, if the username isn't found in >> /usr/ports/UIDs it's rejected, and the port can't use it. >> >> Can anyone explain to me why it would be a bad idea to include the >> system's passwd and group files in the search? This would allow the >> ports system to accept any user that already exists, as well as >> creating the correct code in the plist. >> >> For example; someone wants to install postgresql as username Fred, so >> s/he sets PG_USER=3DFred in /etc/make.conf. =A0Currently this causes an >> error on build, because Fred is not in /usr/ports/UIDs. =A0Were >> /etc/master.passwd and /etc/group searched too, that wouldn't cause a >> problem. >> >> Any obvious oversights? > > It seems like a better (but more complicatd) solution would use "getent > passwd ${USER}" to check for existing users. =A0(You need to check > explicitly rather than treating the output without /etc/passwd because > some nss modules don't enumerate to avoid listing the thousands or tens > of thousands of users in a corporate AD or LDAP installation). Oops, there's the obvious problem :) Thanks. Hm, getent will need some sed magic to change to master.passwd style, or we could change UIDs to use passwd style.... Chris
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