Hello, On 18 September 2015 at 08:13, Michael Vogt <m...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Hi, > > looks like the actual patches are missing for some reason. Attached > are the two patches that add support for libnss-extrausers. >
These patches look weird. Are these used to manipulate /var/lib/extrausers/* ? and why not use systemd-sysusers for that? E.g. in clearlinux.org we have sysusers.d config files, which at build time are used to generate {passwd,group,shadow,...} The patches that we have for shadow (and i believe i have even published some of them) go further - that is they load information from both databases and allow manipulating it. Such that kvm group is defined in altfiles location, yet one can still add users to said group. In those patches a lookup is done to alternative location, and the entry is copied across into the writable /etc/group, if one wants custom user accounts to be added into a "system" group. There we use libnss-altfiles modules. Could you please elaborate how this patch fits together and used in Ubuntu / snappy? If it's never interactive, why not use systemd-sysusers support then? -- Regards, Dimitri. 98 sleeps till Christmas https://clearlinux.org Open Source Technology Center Intel Corporation (UK) Ltd. - Co. Reg. #1134945 - Pipers Way, Swindon SN3 1RJ.