On Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:31am, "Shawn Walker" <[email protected]> said:
> [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> On Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:45am, "Shawn Walker" >> said: >> >> > [email protected] wrote: >> >> yes i am aware of these(they are inline with SVR4 prototype file >> >> format), we have proper manifest file for our package with all >> >> attributes set correctly. In the case of IPS what happens if >> >> : is not exists on a system when a pkg is trying to >> >> install(initial install ) contents with : ownership. In >> >> SVR4 packaging we check as part of pre install script we use to check >> >> for this :, if not exists we create as part of pre install >> >> phase. In IPS how do we handle these kind of preinstall check/actions. >> > >> > If a user or group does not exist on the system when installing files, >> > installation will fail. >> > >> > So, you would want to create a user and group for the files you are >> > installing, and could do so like this: >> > >> > add group groupname=bar >> > add user username=foo group=bar >> >> as part of manifest file? or is it outside of IPS frame work? BTW how > > As part of the IPS manifest file, as Brock said. > >> do i do simple checks like available free space and current user >> privileges/roles (is uid 0 ?) before populating files from the pkg? > > Why do you need to check available free space or current user > privileges/roles? want to make sure that we have enough free space to fit pkg contents upfront before populating files. > > -- > Shawn Walker >
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