Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
>
> John Cavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Is it really necessary to have /etc/passwd and /etc/group in RPMs? I
>
> yes, needed for install in any case new/removed groups are merged by
> update-passwd file.
Would it not make more sense for the install program to create the base
files in /etc and then execute update-passwd? Keeps /etc from being
littered with *.rpmnew files and keeps newbies from wondering what the
heck is going on.
Anyways there are users in the default passwd file that should only be
added by the RPM for the software they belong to. Users like postgres,
dhcpd, named, etc are not mandatory system users if you don't have the
packages for them installed.
John
