On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 10:29:44PM +0200, Radovan Garabik 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(). -- - mdz
