non fedora-usermgmt user creation

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:19:07 +0100, Christian.Iseli at licr.org wrote:

> 
> I said:
> > Admin who wants fedora-usermgmt functionality does:
> >  1. Install minimal system
> >  2. Install fedora-usermgmt and configure it
> >  3. Install rest of the packages
> 
> bugs.michael at gmx.net said:
> > No. The 'setup(fedora-usermgmt)' virtual capability in the dependency chain
> > can be used to pull in a customised configuration early enough. 
> 
> I feel a bit lost here...
> 
> Ok, just imagine I got this shiny new machine full of fast CPUs, fat hard 
> drives, and loads of RAM, a nice FC DVD, and a blazing access to the net.
> I want to install Fedora on the machine, and use and configure fedora-usermgmt
> to my liking.
> 
> What are the steps I need to go through to use this "virtual capability" you 
> are talking about ?  Instead of the 1,2,3 steps I mentioned...

A package in your installation source which satisfies the requirement
"Requires: setup (fedora-usermgmt)" of the fedora-usermgmt tools
package, can override the default fedora-usermgmt-setup placeholder
package to install a customised configuration before any scriptlet runs
fedora-useradd.