Create system user

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Create system user

a routine exists in /sbin/e-smith/ to create easily sytem users (different of user registered in LDAP)

• usage

#  /sbin/e-smith/create-system-user
Must give username param
Usage: /sbin/e-smith/create-system-user: user userid descr home_dir shell

• example

/sbin/e-smith/create-system-user dns 53 "Name server" /var/service/tinydns /bin/false
/sbin/e-smith/create-system-user dnslog 411 "DNS log user" /var/log /bin/false
/sbin/e-smith/create-system-user jdownloader 810 "Jdownloader server" /var/lib/jdownloader /bin/bash

Create a user in %prep

that could be done also like this in a spec file or by the command line

%pre
if [ `grep -c ^user /etc/passwd` = "0" ]; then
/usr/sbin/useradd -c 'User Comment' -d /path/to/user/home -p 'encrypted password' -s /bin/bash user
fi