sysusers.d/tmpfiles.d config files allow a package to use
declarative configuration instead of manually written maintainer
scripts. This also allows image-based systems to be created
with /usr/ only, and also allows for factory resetting a system
and recreating /etc/ on boot.
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/sysusers.d.htmlhttps://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/tmpfiles.d.html
Tests:
- /var/lib/plinth and /var/lib/plinth/sessions/ are created on package install.
Ownership is plinth:plinth. 0755 is permissions.
- /var/lib/plinth/firstboot-wizard-secret file is created on package install.
Ownership is plinth:plinth. 0400 is permissions. During first wizard,
providing the secret works.
- /var/lib/plinth/backups-data is owned by root:root.
- When upgrading from old package to new the permissions don't change.
- When reinstalling the new package, the permissions do not change.
- User is created same as before.
plinth❌987:987:FreedomBox service:/var/lib/plinth:/usr/sbin/nologin
- Group is created same as before.
plinth❌987:
- id plinth
uid=987(plinth) gid=987(plinth) groups=987(plinth)
- Upgrading from old package to new does not change user and group records.
- Reinstalling new version does not change user and group records.
[sunil: Don't recursively change ownership for /var/lib/plinth/]
[sunil: Change ownership specifically for /var/lib/plinth/firstboot-wizard-secret]
Signed-off-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org>
Reviewed-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org>
Tested-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org>
