On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Steffen Barszus wrote: > Hi ! > > I want to add a user vdr in postinstall of vdr-package. Now I'm a bit > stuck. > > - do we have a group video per default (don't want to reinstall beta 1 > to check this ?
I don't think so. > - which home shoud the user get (vdr should running as user vdr) Somewhere not usually mounted NFS, ie not on /home or /usr, which basically leaves /var. If you have some directory on /var, use that (as openldap, squid, amanda, etc do). > - can I add vdr to group video at the same time ? Yes. Something like: %pre %_pre_useradd vdr /var/lib/vdr %_pre_groupadd video vdr It seems there is no point in removing them in %postun, since the scripts don't do anything (at least on 9.1). > > Hope the questions aren't to dumb. I'm a bit tired and may not see > things right before my eyes ;) > rpm --eval %_pre_groupadd should show some interesting things. > BTW: Wouldn't it be good to have a rpm-macro reference ore the like ? > Could something like this be generated from existing macros ? Yes, should go in RPM-HOWTO on the Wiki, and we need to get docs from a Wiki into installable format (ie into scrollkeeper or similar) for offline reference. Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************
