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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] acct-user.eclass: Support var overrides for user properties
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 23:55:07
Message-Id: 74fd168ae6892731327b1759398dd159e76aadb4.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] acct-user.eclass: Support var overrides for user properties by Patrick McLean
1 On Mon, 2021-01-04 at 15:50 -0800, Patrick McLean wrote:
2 > On Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:16:49 +0100
3 > Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 > > On Mon, 2021-01-04 at 14:58 -0800, Patrick McLean wrote:
6 > > > On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 18:08:02 +0100
7 > > > Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
8 > > >   
9 > > >
10 > > >
11 > > >
12 > > > > Introduce a few variables to allow easy overrides of common user account
13 > > > > proprerties, that is:
14 > > > >
15 > > > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_SHELL
16 > > > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME
17 > > > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME_OWNER
18 > > > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME_PERMS
19 > > > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_GROUPS
20 > > > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_GROUPS_ADD
21 > > >
22 > > > Please also add a way to override the UID/GID for the user/group.
23 > >
24 > > Damn it, and I thought I'd avoid that ;-). But do we really need it?
25 > > The eclass doesn't enforce UID/GID by default if the user exists
26 > > already, so it's a bit tangential to the original problem.
27 > >
28 >
29 > The user needs to already exist for that to be helpful. When one using
30 > automation to build/deploy large numbers of Gentoo systems, it's quite
31 > useful to have control over that sort of things. At the moment, the
32 > only way is to fork the ebuilds, which of course means they need to be
33 > kept in sync.
34
35 Ok, I'll keep that mind. However, I suppose you won't mind me
36 addressing that separately? Unlike the patch sent, ID-related logic
37 needs to be done twice (due to pkg_pretend). Ideally, could you report
38 a feature request on Bugzilla?
39
40
41 --
42 Best regards,
43 Michał Górny

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