bascule wrote on Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 06:43:39PM +0000 : > this is the line todd: > /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-user openssh $1 sshd /var/empty /bin/true > the add-user usage says that $1 is the 'num installed', can you explain that > to me and expand on the /bin/true point that james raised? > i figure that something is substituted for the $1 but i don't know what and > thus the line doesn't do anything as it is
I did the following: service sshd stop rpm -e openssh-server rpm -ivvh /path/to/openssh-server* In the resulting output I found: D: install: running %pre script(s) (if any) + /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-user openssh 1 sshd /var/empty /bin/true That gets run before any files get installed. %pre is a pre-install script). Then further down, I found: D: install: running %post script(s) (if any) + /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-service openssh 1 sshd This adds the ssh service to the init scripts locations (symlinks to control starting/stopping at runlevel changes). %post is a post-install script. In this case, it's probably easier for you to just delete the rpm then reinstall it. Blue skies... Todd -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Security is like an onion. It's made | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | made up of several layers and makes | | http://www.mandrakelinux.com | you cry. --Howard Chu | Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.19-16mdk
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