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| DH_SYSUSER(1) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | DH_SYSUSER(1) |
NAME¶
dh_sysuser - manage system users, required for package operationSYNOPSIS¶
dh_sysuser [debhelper options] [username options] ...DESCRIPTION¶
dh_sysuser is debhelper addon, that provide simple and uniform way of creating and removing system users, required for package operation (for example, to run with dropped privileges).dh_sysuser read it's arguments from command line and file debian/package.sysuser in pairs, first one being an username and second one is options. Options are comma-separated words, like options to mount. Following options are supported (unsupported option is error):
- home=/path/to/home/directory
- This option requests creation of home directory. By default, no home directory is created.
- home
- This option request creation of home directory somewhere under /var/lib. Probably, you should use this form over explicit one, described above.
- defaults
- If you do not need any other options, put this one.
dh_sysuser ensures, that
- required system users are present after package installation
- they are locked on package removal.
| 2016-10-31 | perl v5.24.1 |