On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Michael Burger wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 15:33:39 +1000, Greg Wright wrote:
> >I cannot see a valid reason for the RPM to not create the user at install
> >time.
>
> The source RPMs?
>
> The binary RPMs seemed to do it just fine, but I can't, for the life
> of me, think of one reason why it would be a good idea for a source
> RPM to add entries into your passwd and/or shadow files.
agreed
> Take into further account, that not all systems are set up with
> shadow installed, or with other options for authentication, and the
> RPMs might be able to be set up to take such instances into account.
But, isn't this what building from a source rpm should do - analyze your
system and build an appropriately configured package **for your system**?
And I think it should be able to build without you manually adding the
user postfix.
charles
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