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Don't use the state directory as the home directory. (fixes #464) #976

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Don't request a home directory we don't need and which causes problem…
ximon18 Aug 26, 2026
68f11ff
Satisfy Lintian in older O/S versions.
ximon18 Aug 26, 2026
7a085b2
Attempt to disable the incorrect Lintian error on Ubuntu Noble.
ximon18 Aug 26, 2026
ff9665c
Bookworm too.
ximon18 Aug 26, 2026
88c311d
Lintian can't handle selective invocation of adduser.
ximon18 Aug 26, 2026
621bd8f
Be explicit that we don't actually want a home directory.
ximon18 Aug 26, 2026
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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion pkg/debian/postinst
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Expand Up @@ -4,7 +4,16 @@ USER_ID="cascade"

create_user() {
if id ${USER_ID} > /dev/null 2>&1; then return; fi
adduser --system --home /var/lib/${USER_ID} --group ${USER_ID}

# Newer versions of Debian/Ubuntu adduser use /nonexistent as the home
# directory by default, and don't actually create it. However, the version
# of Lintian in these older Debian/Ubuntu versions requires --home to be
# specified when calling adduser with --system so we explicitly set home
# to /nonexistent to prevent Lintian complaining in the newer O/S versions
# and to prevent adduser failing due to the missing argument/to have
# consistent behaviour in the case of the older O/S versions.
# See: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lint-maint/2025/08/msg00042.html
adduser --system --group ${USER_ID} --home /nonexistent --no-create-home
}

case "$1" in
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion pkg/rpm/scriptlets.toml
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Expand Up @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ if [ $1 -eq 1 ] ; then
if ! id ${USER_ID} > /dev/null 2>&1; then
# According to the CentOS 7 useradd man page:
# --user-group causes a group by the same name as the user to be created
useradd --system --user-group ${USER_ID} --home-dir /var/lib/${USER_ID} --create-home
# -M prevents the creation of a home directory for the user.
useradd --system --user-group ${USER_ID} -M
fi

mkdir -p /etc/cascade/policies
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