FC4: %fedora_useradd undefined from rpm install

[Michael Thomas]

jfontain at free.fr wrote:
> Quoting Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael at gmx.net>:
> 
> 
>>On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:24:39 +0100, jfontain at free.fr wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Quoting Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael at gmx.net>:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:02:03 +0100, jfontain at free.xx wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On a newly installed up-to-date FC4 x86_64 machine:
>>>>>
>>>>># rpm -i moomps-5.4-2.noarch.rpm
>>>>>%fedora_useradd
>>>>>
>>>>>with, in the spec file:
>>>>>%pre
>>>>>echo %fedora_useradd
>>>>>
>>>>>Same result if fedora-usermgmt package is installed
>>>>
>>>>Unless my memory plays tricks on me, there has never been an RPM
>>>>macro for fedora-usermgmt tools. You're looking for:
>>>>
>>>>  /usr/sbin/fedora-useradd
>>>
>>>Then the http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/UserCreation page needs an
>>>update.
>>
>>In my understanding the page only discusses the pros and cons of
>>possible "useradd" techniques in rpms. Hence the "Advantages" and
>>"Disadvantages" sections. I don't read it as a HOWTO.
> 
> 
> Understood, thanks.
> As packager, what am I supposed to do, especially when the following fails:

File a bug.

> # /usr/sbin/fedora-useradd -u 23 -M -d /srv/moomps -c 'service companion to
> moodss'  -s '/sbin/nologin' moomps

Remove the '-u' flag, but leave the flag's argument:

/usr/sbin/fedora-useradd 23 -M -d /srv/moomps -c 'service companion to 
moodss'  -s '/sbin/nologin' moomps

> Usage: useradd [options] LOGIN
> Options:
>   -b, --base-dir BASE_DIR       base directory for the new user account
> ...
> 
> Tracing the script, the following is executed:
> exec /usr/sbin/useradd 300 23 -M -d /srv/moomps -c 'service companion to moodss'
> -s /sbin/nologin moomps
> 
> Is anybody using this?

Yes, in tclhttpd.

--Wart