On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 01:43:56AM -0700, Pedro Salgueiro wrote: > Can a deb package create a user?
Yes, with some restrictions, see policy section 10.2.2 (UID and GID classes). Basically, there's a section of UID/GIDs reserved for dynamic allocation by packages. This is 100-999 by default, but the user can change that by editing adduser.conf, so you should use "adduser --system" to create the user. If you need a specific UID (can't use dynamic allocation for some reason), then things get trickier; I'll assume that's not the case and ignore the issue for now. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra- osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico- to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku
