Bug#888126: [patch] Please enable systemd-sysusers unit

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Thu Feb 1 13:14:04 GMT 2018


Am 01.02.2018 um 07:39 schrieb Michael Vogt:
> Hi,
> 
> just a small update on this. systemd git master has the needed support
> to reproduce the base-passwd passwd and group files now. The sysuers.d
> conf file for this looks like this:
> 
>    https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/master/test/TEST-21-SYSUSERS/test-5.input
> 
> and it generates output like this:
> 
>    https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/master/test/TEST-21-SYSUSERS/test-5.expected-passwd
>    https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/master/test/TEST-21-SYSUSERS/test-5.expected-group
> 
> The only remaining problem is that it generates /sbin/nologin which we
> do not have (we use /usr/sbin/nologin). But IMO that is not a blocker
> we could make it a problem of the user (by recommending to the users
> to create a symlink) - it may go away if UsrMerge takes off.

Given that /usr/sbin/nologin works on Debian and derivatives and
usr-merged systems, like Fedora, could you try to convince upstream to
use /usr/sbin/nologin instead of /sbin/nologin?
Or is there a solid reason to prefer /sbin/nologin over /usr/sbin/nologin?


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