Can't create users and groups

Mário Gamito gamito at gmail.com
Thu Mar 15 22:04:19 UTC 2007


Hi,

> You really shouldn't be making users during build.  Package build needs to 
> succeed as non-root.  Try not 'checking' the build and just making.  You can 
> add a user in %pre, and in your %files section do a defatter that sets the 
> right ownership on the files.
Would you be so kind to be more specific ?
I've tried the %pre section, but it didn't create the groups and the users.

The %pre section is before the %prep, right ?

The make setup already needs the users and groups to exist.

Best Regards
-- 
:wq! Mário Gamito




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