Well, since RPMs have to be installed by a privleged user, I'd say just grep for the username in /etc/passwd.
I.e. if [ -z `grep joefafanoush /etc/passed 2> /dev/null` ] ; then useradd -r joefafanoush; fi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad and Doria Skinner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Redhat-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 3:56 PM Subject: testing for a user in a script? > I am trying to create a SPEC file for a server and need to add a user for > the server to run under. I know I can do "useradd -r <username>" and create > the user, how would I test to make sure this user does not exist before I > create it. Or, does it even matter since useradd won't add to users with the > same username? (Seems like it would be better to test for the name first.) > > Thanks, > Chad > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
