Review request: sabayon

[Warren Togami]

Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> 
> 
>>- I would try to get a fixed user for sabayon instead of just using a
>>random UID/GID (it's a system user after all)
> 
> 
> 	Well, that's what my previous mail was about. I had tried using
> fedora-usermgmt when I thought it was the consensus that all Extras
> packages should use it, but wasn't really convinced by it, so I dropped
> it again. I'm not sure how an Extras package can reserve a system UID
> otherwise, though ...
> 

Normally I would suggest using fedora-usermgmt, but in this case maybe 
it is somewhat unique.  The only question mark would be the effect it 
has on multi-user systems with UID's coming from the network.  However 
sabayon is meant to be used only by a sysadmin, and it really doesn't 
belong installed in such an environment.

%pre
/usr/sbin/groupadd -r %{name} &>/dev/null || :
/usr/sbin/useradd  -r -s /sbin/nologin -c "Sabayon user" -g %{name} 
%{name} &>/dev/null || :
/usr/sbin/usermod -d "" %{name} &>/dev/null || :

Have you tested the effect of this during an upgrade from one package to 
another?

Might it be appropriate to have the username be like "system-sabayon" or 
something?  That would make it stick out as a username and home 
directory, making it very clear that it is NOT a regular user account.

Thoughts?

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com