On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 06:01:08PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > I am cleaning up my packages, and one improvement
> > I want to add is that network daemon runs under its
> > own UID, not nobody (as it was until now).
> >
> > What is the best way of testing (and adding) a new username
> > in postinst?
> >
> > I am using something like this:
> > if ! grep -q '^xtelld:' /etc/passwd; then
> > adduser --quiet --system --no-create-home --disabled-password --home /tmp
>--gecos "xtell daemon" xtelld
> > fi
> >
> > the test for already existing user is not ideal, since
> > users can be stored somewhere else (ldap, nis,...)
>
> Try testing the exit code of 'id -u <user>'. That should work anywhere.
> Or, rewrite your maintainer script in perl and use getpwnam().
Anything else that uses getpwnam() would work :) for example, exit code of
`getent passwd <user>`.
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