On Mon, Jun 09, 2014 at 03:39:46PM +0200, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > Peter Kjellerstedt > > Sent: den 23 maj 2014 12:38 > > To: OE Core ([email protected]) > > Subject: Re: [OE-core] Using users/groups from another recipe than the > > one creating them > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > > Of Peter Kjellerstedt > > > Sent: den 19 maj 2014 10:15 > > > To: OE Core ([email protected]) > > > Subject: [OE-core] Using users/groups from another recipe than the > > > one creating them > > > > > > Which assumption is correct: "a recipe A that depends on another > > > recipe B can use users/groups that B creates" or "all recipes must > > > create the users/groups they require themselves"? > > > > > > The problem for us is that we have a lot of recipes that create > > > users and groups, and subsequently a number of other related recipes > > > that need to use those users and groups. > > > > > > If the first assumption is correct then the useradd.bbclass needs to > > > be corrected so that it adds a dependency from do_install to > > > base-passwd:do_populate_sysroot and > > > base-passwd:do_populate_sysroot_setscene, because if either of those > > > tasks execute they will overwrite /etc/passwd and /etc/group, > > > effectively removing any users/groups that were created earlier... > > > > > > On the other hand, if it is the second assumption that is correct, > > > then there should be QA tests in place to make sure all recipes > > > create the users/groups they use. > > > > > > //Peter > > > > *ping* > > > > Doesn't anyone know how users and groups are supposed to work? > > > > //Peter > > *ping again* > > Well, this is somewhat discouraging. Three weeks and not a single > response. Are we really the only ones that care about users and > groups and how they are created? Doesn't anyone know which of my > two assumptions above are correct? > > Personally I would prefer that all recipes create the users and > groups they require themselves as this keeps them more self > contained. I have no idea how to write a QA test to verify this, > but I assume it should be possible...
My experience from Dylan release is that only users/groups created in base-passwd work reliably, with useradd.bbclass we were seeing random files getting random user/group owners (comparing buildhistory report files-in-image.txt from multiple builds which weren't using sstate). -- Martin 'JaMa' Jansa jabber: [email protected]
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