non fedora-usermgmt user creation
Mike McGrath
mmcgrath at fedoraproject.org
Wed Mar 8 19:51:41 UTC 2006
> I do not understand the sense of this discussion: when a scriptlet uses a
> program, a corresponding Requires(...) MUST exist for this program. There
> exist exceptions (e.g. for generating cache-files) but none of them apply
> here.
For me the discussion isn't about requires or not, its about
fedora-usermgmt. I mean, up to all this time we've been using useradd
(provided by shadow-utils). The main purpose of this thread was to
bring about discussion before the FESCo takes a look at it. Which
will be in a few weeks. I'm still not convinced that:
A) there is a problem that needs solving
B) that this solved that problem.
> We are speaking about Fedora Extras where 'Requires: fedora-usermgmt'
> can be fulfilled. This is a very minimal and non intrusive package
> without bad (technical) sideeffects.
Just because we can, doesn't mean we should. I've never run into a
UID issue regarding system users on any of my machines. I'm not
saying they can't, but how often does it happen to the rest of us out
there?
-Mike
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