ports/107362: mail/dovecot pkg-install insists on using uid/gid 143, fails to install if group 'dovecot' in use with a different uid/gid

[Eric Hall]

>Number:         107362
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       mail/dovecot pkg-install insists on using uid/gid 143, fails to install if group 'dovecot' in use with a different uid/gid
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Dec 30 20:10:18 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Eric Hall
>Release:        5.4
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p22, i386
>Description:
mail/dovecot pkg-install script wants to use uid/gid 143 only.  We have a different uid/gid in use across our machines already and would need a very good reason to switch things around.  The pkg-install script fails in create_account() if the user or group  'dovecot' is in use by an uid/gid other than 143.  Is it truly and ERROR if the uid/gid are not 143?


/usr/ports/mail/dovecot/pkg-install is:
$FreeBSD: ports/mail/dovecot/pkg-install,v 1.9 2006/12/01 09:39:34 pav Exp $

>How-To-Repeat:
set a group entry for 'dovecot' with uid != 143.  Attempt to install the port.
>Fix:
work-around is to adjust pkg-install for our configuration.  Adding an option to allow a specific uid/gid to be used would be helpful, or an option to use the existing user/group.
>Release-Note:
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