Subject: Re: creating user before configuration starts
To: Hannes Frederic Sowa <satbran@web.de>
From: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 05/21/2002 19:13:09
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On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 07:52:48PM +0200, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
> I need to create a user before the configuration of the port starts.
> My Makefile:
>=20
> pre-configure:
>        ${GROUPADD} vchkpw;                               \
>        ${USERADD} -g vchkpw -d ${VPOPMAILDIR} vpopmail;  \
>=20
> There will be also a notfication for that in DEINSTALL and MESSAGE.
>=20
> Would that be acceptable or is there a better method to do that?

check mail/qmail-users and mail/qmail how to do it better way.

> I would like to take a uid and gid below 100. In FreeBSD they use 89 for=
=20
> that. Would that also be possible in NetBSD?

you can specify uid/gid, check mk/bsd.pkg.install.mk for details.

anyway, what's the purpose of having uid below 100? note that 89 can be
reserved in other OS using pkgsrc (Solaris, random Linux distribution, etc.)

regards,

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