On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Joel Rees <joel_r...@sannet.ne.jp> wrote: > Hmm. (cross-posting to ppc@) > > Something's odd, here. > > On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:54:16 -0500 > Ted Unangst <ted.unan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:19 AM, Joel Rees <joel_r...@sannet.ne.jp> wrote: >> > I noticed when the installer created my first non-root (erg, first administration) user, it set the primary group to "user", and not even to "staff". >> > [stuff about the useradd utilities that had me confused] >> >> I'm not sure if your use of "user" means "same as username" or >> "users". There is no "user" group. > > Yeah, I meant, "users". > >> By default, I think we intend for a new user to get a new group, but >> there's been some confusion in that department. > > Related to adduser vs. useradd, I suppose? > > But, I thought I'd check the source to see which was being invoked in the install script (neither), and I discovered something odd. > > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/distrib/miniroot/install.sh?rev=1.2 14;content-type=text%2Fplain > > uline="${user}:${_encr}:1000:1000:staff:0:0:${username}:/home/${user}:/bin/k sh" > echo "$uline" >> /mnt/etc/master.passwd > > and > > chown -R 1000:1000 /mnt/home/$user /mnt/var/mail/$user > > But that's not what happened in my install, and it's not what is in the "install" script in my "/bsd.rd" .
Are you comparing correct versions of install.sh? The behavior changed in rev 1.210 http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/distrib/miniroot/install.sh#rev1.21 0 http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/distrib/miniroot/install.sh.diff?r1 =1.209;r2=1.210 --patrick > Having a bit of a hard time finding the install script for the macppc iso in the source, so I'll copy those lines out of a boot of /bsd.rd: > > userline="$${user}:${_encr}:1000:10:staff:0:0:${username}:/home/${user}:/bin /ksh" > > which explains why my initial administrator user declared from the install ended up in the "users" group. And > > chown -R 1000.10 /mnt/home/$user /mnt/var/mail/$user > > which seems to mean that assigning the group as "users" might have been intentional? > > Is this a bug that I should file? > > -- > Joel Rees <joel_r...@sannet.ne.jp>
