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From: Patrick McLean <chutzpah@g.o>
To: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] acct-user.eclass: Support var overrides for user properties
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 22:58:29
Message-Id: 20210104145821.763c33c2@moya.linuxfreak.ca
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] acct-user.eclass: Support var overrides for user properties by "Michał Górny"
1 On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 18:08:02 +0100
2 Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > Introduce a few variables to allow easy overrides of common user account
5 > proprerties, that is:
6 >
7 > - ACCT_USER_<username>_SHELL
8 > - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME
9 > - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME_OWNER
10 > - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME_PERMS
11 > - ACCT_USER_<username>_GROUPS
12 > - ACCT_USER_<username>_GROUPS_ADD
13
14 Please also add a way to override the UID/GID for the user/group.
15
16 > The first five variables override the respective ACCT_USER_* variables,
17 > with ACCT_USER_*_GROUPS being a space-separated list. The *_GROUPS_ADD
18 > variable appends to groups present in the ebuild, as this seems a common
19 > necessity.

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