Patch: Solaris packages don't create privsep user or group

[Nicolas.Williams at ubsw.com]

You sure can...

Nico
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Lindstrom [mailto:mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org]
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:56 PM
> To: Darren Tucker
> Cc: OpenSSH Devel List
> Subject: Re: Patch: Solaris packages don't create privsep 
> user or group
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hmm.. Does this work with JumpStart?  Can you add users at 
> install time?
> 
> - Ben
> 
> On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Darren Tucker wrote:
> 
> > Hi.
> > 	Solaris packages created by buildpkg.sh don't create 
> privsep user or
> > group and sshd won't start until they are created (or privsep is
> > disabled):
> >
> > ## Executing postinstall script.
> > starting /usr/local/sbin/sshd... Privilege separation user 
> sshd does not
> > exist
> > /etc/init.d/opensshd: Error 255 starting /usr/local/sbin/sshd...
> > bailing.
> >
> > 	The attached patch (against -cvs) ports the relevant 
> parts from the AIX
> > package builder. I've tested it on Solaris 8 only and would be
> > interested to know if it works on other SysV-based systems.
> >
> > --
> > Darren Tucker (dtucker at zip.com.au)
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> >     Good judgement comes with experience. Unfortunately, 
> the experience
> > usually comes from bad judgement.
> 
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