Setting system user home directory

[Dmytro Bilokha]

On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 09:47:46PM +0100, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
>Dmytro Bilokha wrote on 2017/12/16 21:10:
>> On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 08:53:17PM +0200, Dmytro Bilokha wrote:
>>> On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 10:48:34AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Dmytro Bilokha <dmytro at posteo.net>
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>>> I've add following lines to the port's makefile:
>>> USERS=        payara
>>> GROUPS=        payara
>>>
>>> And user is created automatically during port installation process.
>
>> Guys, thanks for your help. I've managed to adjust user's homedir
>> using pkg-install script. Now I'll try to move everything writable
>> from /usr/local to /var (as Miroslav suggested), test and submit the new
>> port version.
>
>Ideally you should not silently change existing user account. There is
>possibility that user (sysadmin) made some tweaks (different UID,
>different home, shell etc.) and if your port will do some silent changes
>it can break some setup.
>Better way is to use this setting only on newly created user (fresh pkg
>install) or print pkg-message with instruction (command) what should
>user do to have this setup corrected to new port properties.
>Or maybe you can do this change interactively with user confirmation Y/N.
>Maybe create UPDATING entry.
>
>Just my $0.02
>
>Miroslav Lachman

Thanks, Miroslav! It is useful advice. I'll proceed with pkg-message
approach.

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