Re: Package Maker ownership issues
Re: Package Maker ownership issues
- Subject: Re: Package Maker ownership issues
- From: Jakub Bednar <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:04:04 +0200
On Oct 2, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Greg Neagle wrote:
user/group info for filesystem items is _always_ stored as numeric
values.
When you create your user, specify the UID at that time as well.
Hi Greg,
I was thinking about this in the first place, but I don't
think it is a correct solution, as there is no guarantee that the UID
is not already taken on target system.
That's why I think it should be possible to specify the user/group by
names. If there is no such user or group on the system, the
installation will fail, so it is the
responsibility of the installer to create such user/group.
Actually I think there should be 3 ways of specifying ownership:
1. UID/GID number, installed software will be owned by exactly this
user/group. (good for well known users/groups: root, admin, wheel)
2. user/group name, installed software will be owned by user/group
specified by this name. (good for newly created users/groups by the
installation process)
3. no user/group specified, meaning that the files should be owned by
user/group running the installer.
Jakub
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