[email protected] wrote: > > > 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
As part of the IPS manifest file, as Brock said. > do i do simple checks like available free space and current user > privileges/roles (is uid 0 ?) before populating files from the pkg? Why do you need to check available free space or current user privileges/roles? -- Shawn Walker _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
