* [PATCH] doc: document how to best populate users home dirs and add example
@ 2020-01-15 17:09 Henning Schild
2020-01-16 10:02 ` Jan Kiszka
` (2 more replies)
0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Henning Schild @ 2020-01-15 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: isar-users; +Cc: Q . Gylstorff, Henning Schild
From: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
People that create users often also end up wanting to place content in
their home. Add a short section on how to best do that, including an
example implementation in example-raw.
Signed-off-by: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
---
doc/user_manual.md | 11 +++++++++++
.../recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb | 5 +++++
meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst | 13 +++++++++++++
3 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
index d501a706..8f5bc936 100644
--- a/doc/user_manual.md
+++ b/doc/user_manual.md
@@ -546,6 +546,17 @@ The `USERS` and `USER_<username>` variable works similar to the `GROUPS` and `GR
- `system` - `useradd` will be called with `--system`.
- `allow-empty-password` - Even if the `password` flag is empty, it will still be set. This results in a login without password.
+#### Home directory contents prefilling
+
+To cover all users simply use `/etc/skel`. Files in there will be available in every home directory under correct permissions.
+If you have just one user you might end up abusing this for large content, that is a waste of space.
+
+To place content into specific homes drop those files into position and create the user and possibly group in `postinst`. Now you can chown the contents because the user is known.
+
+The regular user and group configuration will still apply later, it will just change an existing user.
+
+meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw contains an example
+
---
## Create a Custom Image Recipe
diff --git a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb
index d9f3a2e9..cc0d0591 100644
--- a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb
+++ b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb
@@ -31,4 +31,9 @@ do_install() {
echo "# empty config file" > ${WORKDIR}/${PN}.conf
install -v -d ${D}/etc/
install -v -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/${PN}.conf ${D}/etc/${PN}.conf
+
+ bbnote "A user-specific HOME entry"
+ echo "hello isar" > ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-isar.txt
+ install -v -d ${D}/var/lib/isar/
+ install -v -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-isar.txt ${S}/var/lib/isar/
}
diff --git a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst
index 416ff349..f48d993c 100644
--- a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst
+++ b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst
@@ -2,4 +2,17 @@
set -e
+if ! getent group isar >/dev/null; then
+ addgroup --quiet --system isar
+fi
+
+if ! getent passwd isar >/dev/null; then
+ useradd --system --gid isar --create-home \
+ --home /var/lib/isar --no-user-group \
+ --comment "My isar user" \
+ isar
+fi
+
+chown -R isar:isar /var/lib/isar
+
echo "isar" > /etc/hostname
--
2.24.1
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* Re: [PATCH] doc: document how to best populate users home dirs and add example
2020-01-15 17:09 [PATCH] doc: document how to best populate users home dirs and add example Henning Schild
@ 2020-01-16 10:02 ` Jan Kiszka
2020-01-24 19:51 ` Henning Schild
2020-01-27 15:45 ` [PATCHv2] " Henning Schild
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kiszka @ 2020-01-16 10:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: [ext] Henning Schild, isar-users; +Cc: Q . Gylstorff
On 15.01.20 18:09, [ext] Henning Schild wrote:
> From: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
>
> People that create users often also end up wanting to place content in
> their home. Add a short section on how to best do that, including an
> example implementation in example-raw.
>
> Signed-off-by: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
> ---
> doc/user_manual.md | 11 +++++++++++
> .../recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb | 5 +++++
> meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst | 13 +++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
> index d501a706..8f5bc936 100644
> --- a/doc/user_manual.md
> +++ b/doc/user_manual.md
> @@ -546,6 +546,17 @@ The `USERS` and `USER_<username>` variable works similar to the `GROUPS` and `GR
> - `system` - `useradd` will be called with `--system`.
> - `allow-empty-password` - Even if the `password` flag is empty, it will still be set. This results in a login without password.
>
> +#### Home directory contents prefilling
> +
> +To cover all users simply use `/etc/skel`. Files in there will be available in every home directory under correct permissions.
> +If you have just one user you might end up abusing this for large content, that is a waste of space.
> +
> +To place content into specific homes drop those files into position and create the user and possibly group in `postinst`. Now you can chown the contents because the user is known.
> +
> +The regular user and group configuration will still apply later, it will just change an existing user.
> +
> +meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw contains an example
> +
> ---
>
> ## Create a Custom Image Recipe
> diff --git a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb
> index d9f3a2e9..cc0d0591 100644
> --- a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb
> +++ b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb
> @@ -31,4 +31,9 @@ do_install() {
> echo "# empty config file" > ${WORKDIR}/${PN}.conf
> install -v -d ${D}/etc/
> install -v -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/${PN}.conf ${D}/etc/${PN}.conf
> +
> + bbnote "A user-specific HOME entry"
> + echo "hello isar" > ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-isar.txt
> + install -v -d ${D}/var/lib/isar/
> + install -v -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-isar.txt ${S}/var/lib/isar/
> }
> diff --git a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst
> index 416ff349..f48d993c 100644
> --- a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst
> +++ b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst
> @@ -2,4 +2,17 @@
>
> set -e
>
> +if ! getent group isar >/dev/null; then
> + addgroup --quiet --system isar
> +fi
> +
> +if ! getent passwd isar >/dev/null; then
> + useradd --system --gid isar --create-home \
> + --home /var/lib/isar --no-user-group \
> + --comment "My isar user" \
> + isar
> +fi
> +
> +chown -R isar:isar /var/lib/isar
> +
> echo "isar" > /etc/hostname
>
Looks good to me - valuable information.
Jan
--
Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RDA IOT SES-DE
Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux
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* Re: [PATCH] doc: document how to best populate users home dirs and add example
2020-01-15 17:09 [PATCH] doc: document how to best populate users home dirs and add example Henning Schild
2020-01-16 10:02 ` Jan Kiszka
@ 2020-01-24 19:51 ` Henning Schild
2020-01-27 15:45 ` [PATCHv2] " Henning Schild
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Henning Schild @ 2020-01-24 19:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: isar-users; +Cc: Q . Gylstorff
Not that anyone seems to care at the moment, but please hold for a
while.
Henning
On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:09:54 +0100
Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com> wrote:
> From: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
>
> People that create users often also end up wanting to place content in
> their home. Add a short section on how to best do that, including an
> example implementation in example-raw.
>
> Signed-off-by: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
> ---
> doc/user_manual.md | 11 +++++++++++
> .../recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb | 5 +++++
> meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst | 13
> +++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
> index d501a706..8f5bc936 100644
> --- a/doc/user_manual.md
> +++ b/doc/user_manual.md
> @@ -546,6 +546,17 @@ The `USERS` and `USER_<username>` variable works
> similar to the `GROUPS` and `GR
> - `system` - `useradd` will be called with `--system`.
> - `allow-empty-password` - Even if the `password` flag is empty,
> it will still be set. This results in a login without password.
> +#### Home directory contents prefilling
> +
> +To cover all users simply use `/etc/skel`. Files in there will be
> available in every home directory under correct permissions. +If you
> have just one user you might end up abusing this for large content,
> that is a waste of space. + +To place content into specific homes
> drop those files into position and create the user and possibly group
> in `postinst`. Now you can chown the contents because the user is
> known. + +The regular user and group configuration will still apply
> later, it will just change an existing user. +
> +meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw contains an example +
> ---
>
> ## Create a Custom Image Recipe
> diff --git a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb
> b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb index
> d9f3a2e9..cc0d0591 100644 ---
> a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb +++
> b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb @@ -31,4 +31,9
> @@ do_install() { echo "# empty config file" > ${WORKDIR}/${PN}.conf
> install -v -d ${D}/etc/
> install -v -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/${PN}.conf ${D}/etc/${PN}.conf
> +
> + bbnote "A user-specific HOME entry"
> + echo "hello isar" > ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-isar.txt
> + install -v -d ${D}/var/lib/isar/
> + install -v -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-isar.txt
> ${S}/var/lib/isar/ }
> diff --git a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst
> b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst index
> 416ff349..f48d993c 100644 ---
> a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst +++
> b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst @@ -2,4 +2,17 @@
>
> set -e
>
> +if ! getent group isar >/dev/null; then
> + addgroup --quiet --system isar
> +fi
> +
> +if ! getent passwd isar >/dev/null; then
> + useradd --system --gid isar --create-home \
> + --home /var/lib/isar --no-user-group \
> + --comment "My isar user" \
> + isar
> +fi
> +
> +chown -R isar:isar /var/lib/isar
> +
> echo "isar" > /etc/hostname
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* [PATCHv2] doc: document how to best populate users home dirs and add example
2020-01-15 17:09 [PATCH] doc: document how to best populate users home dirs and add example Henning Schild
2020-01-16 10:02 ` Jan Kiszka
2020-01-24 19:51 ` Henning Schild
@ 2020-01-27 15:45 ` Henning Schild
2020-01-27 15:46 ` Henning Schild
2020-03-09 11:04 ` Baurzhan Ismagulov
2 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Henning Schild @ 2020-01-27 15:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: isar-users; +Cc: Q . Gylstorff, Jan Kiszka, Henning Schild
From: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
People that create users often also end up wanting to place content in
their home. Add a short section on how to best do that, including an
example implementation in example-raw.
Signed-off-by: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
---
doc/user_manual.md | 12 ++++++++++++
.../recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb | 10 ++++++++++
meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst | 16 ++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
index d501a706..a3a2550a 100644
--- a/doc/user_manual.md
+++ b/doc/user_manual.md
@@ -546,6 +546,18 @@ The `USERS` and `USER_<username>` variable works similar to the `GROUPS` and `GR
- `system` - `useradd` will be called with `--system`.
- `allow-empty-password` - Even if the `password` flag is empty, it will still be set. This results in a login without password.
+#### Home directory contents prefilling
+
+To cover all users simply use `/etc/skel`. Files in there will be available in every home directory under correct permissions.
+If you have just one user you might end up abusing this for large content, that is a waste of space.
+
+To place content into specific homes drop those files into position and create the user and possibly group in `postinst`. Now you can chown the contents because the user is known.
+If you want that user to have the prefilled content combined with `/etc/skel` you need to either create the user in `preinst` or combine in `postinst`.
+
+The regular user and group configuration will still apply later, it will just change an existing user.
+
+meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw contains an example
+
---
## Create a Custom Image Recipe
diff --git a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb
index d9f3a2e9..e4921709 100644
--- a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb
+++ b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb
@@ -31,4 +31,14 @@ do_install() {
echo "# empty config file" > ${WORKDIR}/${PN}.conf
install -v -d ${D}/etc/
install -v -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/${PN}.conf ${D}/etc/${PN}.conf
+
+ bbnote "A HOME entry for everyone ... created after this is installed"
+ echo "hello skel" > ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-isar-skel.txt
+ install -v -d ${D}/etc/skel/
+ install -v -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-isar-skel.txt ${S}/etc/skel/
+
+ bbnote "A user-specific HOME entry"
+ echo "hello isar" > ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-isar.txt
+ install -v -d ${D}/var/lib/isar/
+ install -v -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-isar.txt ${S}/var/lib/isar/
}
diff --git a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst
index 416ff349..c32ba956 100644
--- a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst
+++ b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst
@@ -2,4 +2,20 @@
set -e
+if ! getent group isar >/dev/null; then
+ addgroup --quiet --system isar
+fi
+
+if ! getent passwd isar >/dev/null; then
+ useradd --system --gid isar --create-home \
+ --home /var/lib/isar --no-user-group \
+ --comment "My isar user" \
+ isar
+fi
+
+# since the homedir was part of the package, useradd did not include skel
+cp -RTn /etc/skel ~isar
+
+chown -R isar:isar ~isar
+
echo "isar" > /etc/hostname
--
2.24.1
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* Re: [PATCHv2] doc: document how to best populate users home dirs and add example
2020-01-27 15:45 ` [PATCHv2] " Henning Schild
@ 2020-01-27 15:46 ` Henning Schild
2020-03-09 11:04 ` Baurzhan Ismagulov
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Henning Schild @ 2020-01-27 15:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: isar-users; +Cc: Q . Gylstorff, Jan Kiszka
The diff to v1 is that it now covers also the combination of a
pre-packages home together with /etc/skel.
Henning
On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:45:42 +0100
Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com> wrote:
> From: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
>
> People that create users often also end up wanting to place content in
> their home. Add a short section on how to best do that, including an
> example implementation in example-raw.
>
> Signed-off-by: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
> ---
> doc/user_manual.md | 12 ++++++++++++
> .../recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb | 10 ++++++++++
> meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst | 16
> ++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
> index d501a706..a3a2550a 100644
> --- a/doc/user_manual.md
> +++ b/doc/user_manual.md
> @@ -546,6 +546,18 @@ The `USERS` and `USER_<username>` variable works
> similar to the `GROUPS` and `GR
> - `system` - `useradd` will be called with `--system`.
> - `allow-empty-password` - Even if the `password` flag is empty,
> it will still be set. This results in a login without password.
> +#### Home directory contents prefilling
> +
> +To cover all users simply use `/etc/skel`. Files in there will be
> available in every home directory under correct permissions. +If you
> have just one user you might end up abusing this for large content,
> that is a waste of space. + +To place content into specific homes
> drop those files into position and create the user and possibly group
> in `postinst`. Now you can chown the contents because the user is
> known. +If you want that user to have the prefilled content combined
> with `/etc/skel` you need to either create the user in `preinst` or
> combine in `postinst`. + +The regular user and group configuration
> will still apply later, it will just change an existing user. +
> +meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw contains an example + ---
>
> ## Create a Custom Image Recipe
> diff --git a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb
> b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb index
> d9f3a2e9..e4921709 100644 ---
> a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb +++
> b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/example-raw_0.3.bb @@ -31,4
> +31,14 @@ do_install() { echo "# empty config file" >
> ${WORKDIR}/${PN}.conf install -v -d ${D}/etc/
> install -v -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/${PN}.conf ${D}/etc/${PN}.conf
> +
> + bbnote "A HOME entry for everyone ... created after this is
> installed"
> + echo "hello skel" > ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-isar-skel.txt
> + install -v -d ${D}/etc/skel/
> + install -v -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-isar-skel.txt
> ${S}/etc/skel/ +
> + bbnote "A user-specific HOME entry"
> + echo "hello isar" > ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-isar.txt
> + install -v -d ${D}/var/lib/isar/
> + install -v -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-isar.txt
> ${S}/var/lib/isar/ }
> diff --git a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst
> b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst index
> 416ff349..c32ba956 100644 ---
> a/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst +++
> b/meta-isar/recipes-app/example-raw/files/postinst @@ -2,4 +2,20 @@
>
> set -e
>
> +if ! getent group isar >/dev/null; then
> + addgroup --quiet --system isar
> +fi
> +
> +if ! getent passwd isar >/dev/null; then
> + useradd --system --gid isar --create-home \
> + --home /var/lib/isar --no-user-group \
> + --comment "My isar user" \
> + isar
> +fi
> +
> +# since the homedir was part of the package, useradd did not include
> skel +cp -RTn /etc/skel ~isar
> +
> +chown -R isar:isar ~isar
> +
> echo "isar" > /etc/hostname
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* Re: [PATCHv2] doc: document how to best populate users home dirs and add example
2020-01-27 15:45 ` [PATCHv2] " Henning Schild
2020-01-27 15:46 ` Henning Schild
@ 2020-03-09 11:04 ` Baurzhan Ismagulov
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Baurzhan Ismagulov @ 2020-03-09 11:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: isar-users
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 04:45:42PM +0100, Henning Schild wrote:
> People that create users often also end up wanting to place content in
> their home. Add a short section on how to best do that, including an
> example implementation in example-raw.
Applied to next, thanks.
With kind regards,
Baurzhan.
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