Is there a policy regarding creating user accounts in installation scripts? Is there a standard way to do it?
I'm creating a package for account and server administration for k-12 school systems. I want an account that I can use for unattended ssh connections to transfer information back and forth from a central account server to individual school servers. In looking through the list of default accounts supplied with Debian, I don't see any accounts that would be appropriate for this. I found an example in postgresql.preinst. If I don't get a response here, I'll assume that it is appropriate. Another question: I need to create a directory somewhere that will store information about user accounts and servers. This directory is replicated on the school servers and used for building the passwd/group/smbpasswd files and setting up some preferences. Where should this directory go? I'm thinking of using /var/k12admin. Is this the right place? Steve Tonnesen.
