So, let me summarize what I have learned.
I can check to see if the user is in existance using getent passwd
and then add it as needed using useradd. But now if I put them in a script
the package will not require them, enter the HP-UX issue.
[root@testserver redhat]# rpm -qp /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/faux-0-1.i386.rpm --requires
/bin/sh
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
[root@testserver redhat]# rpm -q --whatprovides useradd
no package provides useradd
[root@testserver redhat]# rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/sbin/useradd
shadow-utils-4.0.3-23.08
This now begs the question. How does one require useradd/getent without
naming the full path or package name?
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Chris Ricker wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Bob Proulx wrote:
Dax Kelson wrote:
HP-UX does not have getent. You must have installed it yourself. I
don't know about the other systems. As near as I can tell getent is a
GNU glibc'ism. Since HP-UX is one of my primary platforms and it does
not have getent I can't use it there. That prompted my comment about
chown.
getent has been standard on Solaris for years, which is I believe where
Linux initially modeled it from. Some of the BSDs have now acquired it as
well....
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