At 2005-03-08T15:16:56-0600, Brian Harring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 09:41:37AM -0500, Nicholas Jones wrote: > > > the person that implements it (xml wouldn't be an issue). > > XML is an issue presently. XML requires C++, and we don't have that > > on the stage1 tarballs. Reviewing that restriction is on my todo > > list. > Unless I'm on crack, xml.sax should be purely python based (batteries > included approach)... So, the stage tarballs nuking xml is an issue, > but it's not a dep issue afaik.
I've got a wild idea. How about if you just use a couple of flat files, one for the users and one for the groups. For the users, each line would contain the username, default UID and GID, maybe some comments, a default home directory, and a default shell. That pretty much contains all the basics you need for creating a user, and could be accurately parsed by all kinds of simple tools, such as awk or grep. If you didn't want to rely on other binaries or libraries, you could use the read built-in and some shell magic to parse it. Simple! -- Batou: Hey, Major... You ever hear of "human rights"? Kusanagi: I understand the concept, but I've never seen it in action. --Ghost in the Shell -- [email protected] mailing list
