On 3/25/07, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan Nicholson wrote: > > On 3/25/07, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I don't agree. The nobody user should never have a valid login shell or > >> home directory. If a temporary user is needed for the Coreutils tests, > >> add a temp user and then as the INSTALL file says, `sudo env > >> NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -k check`. Delete the temp user when done. > > > > If I understand Robert correctly, the nobody user doesn't have to have > > a valid home directory or login shell. He's just saying to execute su > > -s /bin/bash ... so that /bin/false isn't used. You can does this > > anyway right now. > > > > # grep ^nobody /etc/passwd > > nobody:x:99:99:unprivileged nobody:/dev/null:/bin/false > > # su -s /bin/bash nobody -c "echo no home directory needed" > > no home directory needed > > > > Oh, we already create nobody:nobody in LFS, so we could do this right now. > > I see. I withdraw my objection.
Well, we still have to decide whether we want to use nobody or continue using temporary users. I could go either way, but I do like the idea of not having to mangle passwd just to run a testsuite. We'd still have to create at least one extra group for coreutils, though. Also, I'm wondering if there would be problems running scripts, etc., when HOME=/dev/null. The dummy user we create for coreutils is given /root as it's home directory. Robert, do you see any issues running the testsuites as nobody? -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
