[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/4] scripts/mkusers: allow the creation of groups alone
Gustavo Zacarias
gustavo at zacarias.com.ar
Tue Oct 21 14:26:36 UTC 2014
Let mkusers create groups alone, useful for supplementary permissions in
udev/systemd for example where users can be added to later at runtime.
Use a magic string "-" to signal that user creation should be skipped.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo at zacarias.com.ar>
---
support/scripts/mkusers | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/support/scripts/mkusers b/support/scripts/mkusers
index ffd192d..5e5a5d9 100755
--- a/support/scripts/mkusers
+++ b/support/scripts/mkusers
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ main() {
# Now, add users whose uid is *not* automatic
while read username uid group gid passwd home shell groups comment; do
[ -n "${username}" ] || continue # Package with no user
+ [ "${username}" != "-" ] || continue # Magic string to skip user creation
[ ${uid} -ge 0 ] || continue # Automatic uid
add_one_user "${username}" "${uid}" "${group}" "${gid}" "${passwd}" \
"${home}" "${shell}" "${groups}" "${comment}"
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ main() {
# Finally, add users whose uid *is* automatic
while read username uid group gid passwd home shell groups comment; do
[ -n "${username}" ] || continue # Package with no user
+ [ "${username}" != "-" ] || continue # Magic string to skip user creation
[ ${uid} -eq -1 ] || continue # Non-automatic uid
add_one_user "${username}" "${uid}" "${group}" "${gid}" "${passwd}" \
"${home}" "${shell}" "${groups}" "${comment}"
--
2.0.4
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