[meta-oe][PATCH] fwupd: create the fwupd-refresh user

[meta-oe][PATCH] fwupd: create the fwupd-refresh user

[Markus Volk]

fwupd-refresh.service runs as fwupd-refresh, which is only declared in
sysusers.d, so do_rootfs warns "User fwupd-refresh has never been
defined". Create it with useradd.

AI-Generated: Uses Claude Code (Claude Opus 5.5)
---
 meta-oe/recipes-bsp/fwupd/fwupd_2.1.7.bb | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-bsp/fwupd/fwupd_2.1.7.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-bsp/fwupd/fwupd_2.1.7.bb
index bab444be7e..9d1ac8de7d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-bsp/fwupd/fwupd_2.1.7.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-bsp/fwupd/fwupd_2.1.7.bb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
 # Machine-specific as we examine MACHINE_FEATURES to decide whether to build the UEFI plugins
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 
-inherit meson vala gobject-introspection systemd bash-completion pkgconfig gi-docgen ptest manpages
+inherit meson vala gobject-introspection systemd useradd bash-completion pkgconfig gi-docgen ptest manpages
 
 GIDOCGEN_MESON_OPTION = 'docs'
 GIDOCGEN_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG = 'enabled'
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG = 'disabled'
 
 EXTRA_OEMESON = "-Dvendor_ids_dir=${datadir}/hwdata"
 
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "--system --no-create-home --user-group --home-dir ${localstatedir}/lib/fwupd --shell /sbin/nologin fwupd-refresh"
+
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "\
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'systemd', '', d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', 'tests', '', d)} \
-- 
2.55.0

Re: [oe] [meta-oe][PATCH] fwupd: create the fwupd-refresh user

[Jörg Sommer]

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Markus Volk via lists.openembedded.org schrieb am So 27. Sep, 16:12 (+0200):
> @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG = 'disabled'
>  
>  EXTRA_OEMESON = "-Dvendor_ids_dir=${datadir}/hwdata"
>  
> +USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
> +USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "--system --no-create-home --user-group --home-dir ${localstatedir}/lib/fwupd --shell /sbin/nologin fwupd-refresh"
> +

Maybe ${sbindir} instead of /sbin?


Regards, Jörg

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Re: [oe] [meta-oe][PATCH] fwupd: create the fwupd-refresh user

[Khem Raj]

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send a followup, it looks a good improvement

On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 2:29 AM Jörg Sommer via lists.openembedded.org
<joerg.sommer=navimatix.de@lists.openembedded.org> wrote:

> Markus Volk via lists.openembedded.org schrieb am So 27. Sep, 16:12
> (+0200):
> > @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG = 'disabled'
> >
> >  EXTRA_OEMESON = "-Dvendor_ids_dir=${datadir}/hwdata"
> >
> > +USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
> > +USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "--system --no-create-home --user-group
> --home-dir ${localstatedir}/lib/fwupd --shell /sbin/nologin fwupd-refresh"
> > +
>
> Maybe ${sbindir} instead of /sbin?
>
>
> Regards, Jörg
>
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