I agree parsing /etc/passwd every time is expensive a config file file will be welcome.
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Matt Brookings<m...@inter7.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Itamar Reis Peixoto wrote: >> currently vpopmail user and vchkpw group's need's to be created before >> running ./configure. >> >> this is not good for packaging it as rpm, because in rpm the user and >> group are created in %post section (after vpopmail installed) > > I'm pretty sure there are RPMs that handle this situation already. How > do they do it? > >> any chance to improve this with automatic detection uid and gid using >> getpwnam function ? > > I'm not sure if this would be considered an improvement. Parsing /etc/passwd > every time a vpopmail binary is invoked could be expensive on some systems. > > I'm looking at adding a configuration file to vpopmail for the 5.5 branch that > will contain all the stuff that usually you have to set at configure time. > The > UID/GID would be contained here as well, but that's not currently available. > Just an OT about the config: It will be compiled so as to be very quick to > load. > > Thoughts anyone? > - -- > /* > Matt Brookings <m...@inter7.com> GnuPG Key FAE0672C > Software developer Systems technician > Inter7 Internet Technologies, Inc. (815)776-9465 > */ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkqJgssACgkQIwet2/rgZyzmXQCeOl04M9MG0QVTyPUpXjxj6AIa > wLUAn0LhtOYsOjPaDYLmm27vpMpWaRMp > =0abu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- ------------ Itamar Reis Peixoto e-mail/msn: ita...@ispbrasil.com.br sip: ita...@ispbrasil.com.br skype: itamarjp icq: 81053601 +55 11 4063 5033 +55 34 3221 8599 !DSPAM:4a8986c832711158417373!
