Package: passwd,base-passwd X-Debbugs-CC: Helmut Grohne <[email protected]>, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected]
Hi Colin et al, A long time ago, Balint added code to login's postinst to create /etc/subuid, /etc/subgid. This is necessary, because without the files existing, useradd does not add entries to them. However: 1) login is not essential anymore. 2) people want to use useradd from a 'host environment' (like outside a chroot). In this case, passwd might also be absent. I had the thought that base-passwd might be a better place to create these files, but didn't want to introduce extra churn. Helmut independently suggested a similar thought. Colin, what do you think? Can/should base-passwd create /etc/subuid, /etc/subgid on new installs and upgrades? Best, Chris _______________________________________________ Pkg-shadow-devel mailing list [email protected] https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-shadow-devel
