On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 07:32:42AM -0400, Matt Barry wrote:
> On Wed, 2022-06-29 at 11:13 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 01:34:23PM -0400, Matt Barry wrote:
> > > Good call. I've attached a minimal POC, which works in manual
> > > testing,
> > > but automated testing is trick
On Wed, 2022-06-29 at 11:13 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 01:34:23PM -0400, Matt Barry wrote:
> > Good call. I've attached a minimal POC, which works in manual
> > testing,
> > but automated testing is tricky and there may be edge cases. (This
> > test is blocking; NB (errori
On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 01:34:23PM -0400, Matt Barry wrote:
> Good call. I've attached a minimal POC, which works in manual testing,
> but automated testing is tricky and there may be edge cases. (This
> test is blocking; NB (erroring out) might be easier to test, but which
> is the better UX?)
tags -1 patch
On Mon, 2022-06-27 at 22:02 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
>
> /run/adduser please, and probably a simple flock()? lock files in a
> shell script are a minefield for code running as root, I hope it is
> easier in perl.
Good call. I've attached a minimal POC, which works in manual testin
On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 11:20:45AM -0400, Matt Barry wrote:
> The simplest way I can think of to solve this is:
>
> (start)
> mkdir /tmp/adduser.lock
> sleep and loop until mkdir succeeds
>
> (end)
> remove /tmp/adduser.lock
>
> which should be atomic assuming a local /tmp.
>
The simplest way I can think of to solve this is:
(start)
mkdir /tmp/adduser.lock
sleep and loop until mkdir succeeds
(end)
remove /tmp/adduser.lock
which should be atomic assuming a local /tmp.
One could possibly add a /tmp/adduser.lock/adduser.pid and check for a
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