Feature request: createHomeDirectory

[paddymahoney]

I was looking to create a home directory for the daemonUser.

I tried to modify some of the debian templates in the following way:

b/module/src/templates/postinst-useradd

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
\# Adding ${{user}}
if ! id -u ${{user}} > /dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "Creating user ${{user}} in group ${{group}}"
    useradd --system --create-home --gid ${{group}} --shell /bin/false ${{user}}
fi

b/module/src/DEBIAN/postrm-purge

\# Deleting user: ${{user}} and group: ${{group}}
case "$1" in
   remove|failed-upgrade|abort-upgrade|abort-install|disappear)
   ;;
   purge)        
        deluser --quiet --remove-home --system ${{user}} > /dev/null || true
        delgroup --quiet --system ${{group}} > /dev/null || true
   ;;
   upgrade)
   ;;
   *)
      echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`\$1'" >&2
   ;;
esac

Alternately, I would use a 'createHomeDirectory in Debian' settingKey.

[muuki88]

This should be done after #348
A simple setting createHomeDirectory and corresponding linuxScriptReplacement entry should do the trick.

[francisdb]

@muuki88 most of this stuff is outdated, I was wondering what today would be the best way to have this home directory created

this is my current solution

maintainerScripts in Debian := maintainerScriptsAppend((maintainerScripts in Debian).value)(
  DebianConstants.Postinst -> s"mkdir /home/${(daemonUser in Linux).value}; chown ${(daemonUser in Linux).value}:${(daemonUser in Linux).value} /home/${(daemonUser in Linux).value}"
)

[muuki88]

@francisdb thanks for sharing. I like the idea of creating a home directory explicitly. I wonder if this would be a nice idea for a small archetype, e.g. CreateHomeDirectoryPlugin, which adds this piece of code to rpm and debian. Or if we just put it in the docs.

[francisdb]

@muuki88 I'm more fan of having an option for --create-home on the useradd command as that probably uses an os-specific template for the home directory instead of an empty folder