On Tue 06 May 2008 at 02:53PM, T.J. Yang wrote:
> I didn't check the archive of this email list, hope this is not a FAQ.
>
> I read it somewhere in the IPS docs, the post/pre-install scripts are
> discouraged.
> So what is the alternative way to achieve same goal in IPS ?
>
> In my current SVR4 hobbit client packages I have scripts doing followings
>
> hobbit client preinstall shell script
> 1. will detect if there is a hobbitc account created already.
> 2. if not create hobbitc local account in /etc/passwd, hobbitc group in
> /etc/group.
There are user and group actions provided which will do this for you,
there's no need to script this with IPS.
-dp
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