Re: [CentOS] creating a user from an RPM package

Spiro Harvey wrote: Alternatively, if you could point me to a package or a spec file that does this, I'd be much obliged. From the postifx srpm.. %define postfix_uid89 %define postfix_user postfix %define postfix_gid89 %define postfix_group postfix %define postdrop_group postdrop

Re: [CentOS] creating a user from an RPM package

On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 16:22 +1300, Spiro Harvey wrote: What wizardry do you guys use in the SPEC file when creating/deleting a user from an RPM package? I was going to create a macro like: %define user(login,uid,gid,name,homedir,shell) \ echo $1:x:$2:$3:$4:$5:$6 /etc/passwd;

Re: [CentOS] creating a user from an RPM package

nate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the postifx srpm.. thanks. and to you Ian; looks like useradd is the standard way. :) clamav uses it too. -- Spiro Harvey Knossos Networks Ltd 021-295-1923www.knossos.net.nz