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From: Dave Young <dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5 branch usrmove v2] deal common part of etc passwd in 99base
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:45:49 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EFC36CD.8040205@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jdhbpl$s87$1@dough.gmane.org>

On 12/29/2011 05:27 PM, Cong Wang wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 at 03:03 GMT, Dave Young <dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On 12/27/2011 07:44 PM, Cong Wang wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 at 06:29 GMT, Dave Young <dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>> ssh module will need root user in /etc/passwd, so add root and nobody
>>>> to /etc/passwd in 99base instead of nfs module
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry, for people who don't use nfs/ssh module,
>>> this is totally unnecessary.
>>
>>
>> I dont think so, but if you insist I can add an dracut function like
>> inst_root_user
>>
> 
> I cooked the following patch.


Thanks.

> 
> The nfs module still uses "/" as home of root, while ssh module uses
> "/root". With you patches, you changed to "/root" for both nfs and
> ssh, which *maybe* a problem for nfs module since you didn't test it.


I tested nfs boot as well, it works ok with $HOME=/root

Also if you add both ssh-client and nfs, what's the result of /etc/passwd?

> 
> 
> ----
> diff --git a/modules.d/95nfs/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95nfs/module-setup.sh
> index 6778f28..c97dea3 100755
> --- a/modules.d/95nfs/module-setup.sh
> +++ b/modules.d/95nfs/module-setup.sh
> @@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ install() {
>  
>      # Rather than copy the passwd file in, just set a user for rpcbind
>      # We'll save the state and restart the daemon from the root anyway
> -    egrep '^root:' "$initdir/etc/passwd" 2>/dev/null || echo  'root:x:0:0::/:/bin/sh' >> "$initdir/etc/passwd"
> -    egrep '^nobody:' /etc/passwd >> "$initdir/etc/passwd"
> +    egrep -q '^root:' "$initdir/etc/passwd" 2>/dev/null || echo  'root:x:0:0::/:/bin/sh' >> "$initdir/etc/passwd"
> +    egrep -q '^nobody:' "$initdir/etc/passwd" 2>/dev/null || egrep '^nobody:' /etc/passwd >> "$initdir/etc/passwd"
>      egrep '^nfsnobody:' /etc/passwd >> "$initdir/etc/passwd"
>      egrep '^rpc:' /etc/passwd >> "$initdir/etc/passwd"
>      egrep '^rpcuser:' /etc/passwd >> "$initdir/etc/passwd"
> diff --git a/modules.d/95ssh-client/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95ssh-client/module-setup.sh
> index 0ffc298..ef8effe 100644
> --- a/modules.d/95ssh-client/module-setup.sh
> +++ b/modules.d/95ssh-client/module-setup.sh
> @@ -56,5 +56,8 @@ install() {
>      inst ssh
>      inst scp
>      inst_sshenv
> +
> +    egrep -q '^root:' "$initdir/etc/passwd" 2>/dev/null || echo  'root:x:0:0::/root:/bin/sh' >> "$initdir/etc/passwd"
> +    egrep -q '^nobody:' "$initdir/etc/passwd" 2>/dev/null || egrep '^nobody:' /etc/passwd >> "$initdir/etc/passwd"
>  }
>  
> 
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-- 
Thanks
Dave

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-12-29  9:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-26  6:29 [PATCH 1/5 branch usrmove v2] deal common part of etc passwd in 99base Dave Young
2011-12-27 11:44 ` Cong Wang
2011-12-29  3:03   ` Dave Young
2011-12-29  9:27     ` Cong Wang
2011-12-29  9:40       ` Cong Wang
2011-12-29  9:45       ` Dave Young [this message]
     [not found]         ` <4EFC36CD.8040205-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-29  9:48           ` Cong Wang
     [not found]             ` <CAM_iQpX6kWGPB_mGUWOaywQgxeWEC+Og6WjOZmknS+FPGuA0xQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-29 10:00               ` Dave Young
     [not found]                 ` <4EFC3A2E.6020606-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-29 10:04                   ` Cong Wang
     [not found] ` <20111226062910.GA3141-4/PLUo9XfK+sDdueE5tM26fLeoKvNuZc@public.gmane.org>
2012-01-23 11:03   ` Harald Hoyer

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