On Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:45am, "Shawn Walker" <[email protected]> said:
> [email protected] wrote: >> yes i am aware of these(they are inline with SVR4 prototype file >> format), we have proper manifest file for our package with all >> attributes set correctly. In the case of IPS what happens if >> : is not exists on a system when a pkg is trying to >> install(initial install ) contents with : ownership. In >> SVR4 packaging we check as part of pre install script we use to check >> for this :, if not exists we create as part of pre install >> phase. In IPS how do we handle these kind of preinstall check/actions. > > If a user or group does not exist on the system when installing files, > installation will fail. > > So, you would want to create a user and group for the files you are > installing, and could do so like this: > > add group groupname=bar > add user username=foo group=bar as part of manifest file? or is it outside of IPS frame work? BTW how do i do simple checks like available free space and current user privileges/roles (is uid 0 ?) before populating files from the pkg? > > Cheers, > -- > Shawn Walker >
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