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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