Dave, ----- Ursprüngliche Mail ----- > Von: "Dave Chinner" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Just do this check in _require_user(). The user needs to be set up > correctly for all tests - if the user and group is not set up > correctly, don't run any of the tests that require that user. > > This means we don't have to play whack-a-mole with "user has no > group" every time someone assumes that a user is created with a > group by default. I think _require_user_exists() fits better, because _require_user() tests whether the user can run commands via su. Are we all happy with something like that? diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc index a9e0ba7e..f1eabf3c 100644 --- a/common/rc +++ b/common/rc @@ -2461,13 +2461,16 @@ _cat_group() cat /etc/group } -# check if a user exists in the system +# check if a user exists in the system and has a user group # _require_user_exists() { local user=$1 _cat_passwd | grep -q "^$user:" [ "$?" == "0" ] || _notrun "$user user not defined." + + id -n -G $user | grep -w -q $user + [ "$?" == "0" ] || _notrun "$user not in group $user." } # check if a user exists and is able to execute commands. Thanks, //richard