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When used in a package installation script, we want to invoke systemd-sysusers before that package is installed (so it can contain files owned by the newly created user), so the configuration to use is specified on the command line. This should be a copy of the configuration that will be installed as /usr/lib/sysusers.d/package.conf. We still want to obey any overrides in /etc/sysusers.d or /run/sysusers.d in the usual fashion. Otherwise, we'd get a different result when systemd-sysusers is run with a copy of the new config on the command line and when systemd-sysusers is run at boot after package instalation. In the second case any files in /etc or /run have higher priority, so the same should happen when the configuration is given on the command line. More generally, we want the behaviour in this special case to be as close to the case where the file is finally on disk as possible, so we have to read all configuration files, since they all might contain overrides and additional configuration that matters. Even files that have lower priority might specify additional groups for the user we are creating. Thus, we need to read all configuration, but insert our new configuration somewhere with the right priority. If --target=/path/to/file.conf is given on the command line, we gather the list of files, and pretend that the command-line config is read from /path/to/file.conf (doesn't matter if the file on disk actually exists or not). All package scripts should use this option to obtain consistent and idempotent behaviour. The corner case when --target= is specified and there are no positional arguments is disallowed. v1: - version with --config-name= v2: - disallow --config-name= and no positional args v3: - remove --config-name= v4: - add --target= and rework the code completely v5: - fix argcounting bug and add example in man page v6: - rename --target to --replace
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
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This file is part of systemd.
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Copyright 2014 Lennart Poettering
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systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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Lesser General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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-->
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<refentry id="systemd-sysusers"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>systemd-sysusers</title>
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<productname>systemd</productname>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<contrib>Developer</contrib>
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<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
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<surname>Poettering</surname>
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<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>systemd-sysusers</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>systemd-sysusers</refname>
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<refname>systemd-sysusers.service</refname>
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<refpurpose>Allocate system users and groups</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>systemd-sysusers</command>
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<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
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<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>CONFIGFILE</replaceable></arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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<para><filename>systemd-sysusers.service</filename></para>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para><command>systemd-sysusers</command> creates system users and
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groups, based on the file format and location specified in
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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</para>
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<para>If invoked with no arguments, it applies all directives from all files
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found in the directories specified by
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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When invoked with positional arguments, if option
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<option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option> is specified, arguments
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specified on the command line are used instead of the configuration file
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<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>. Otherwise, just the configuration specified by
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the command line arguments is executed. The string <literal>-</literal> may be
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specified instead of a filename to instruct <command>systemd-sysusers</command>
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to read the configuration from standard input. If only the basename of a file is
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specified, all configuration directories are searched for a matching file and
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the file found that has the highest priority is executed.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Options</title>
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<para>The following options are understood:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--root=<replaceable>root</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>Takes a directory path as an argument. All
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paths will be prefixed with the given alternate
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<replaceable>root</replaceable> path, including config search
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paths. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>When this option is given, one ore more positional arguments
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must be specified. All configuration files found in the directories listed in
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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will be read, and the configuration given on the command line will be
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handled instead of and with the same priority as the configuration file
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<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>.</para>
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<para>This option is intended to be used when package installation scripts
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are running and files belonging to that package are not yet available on
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disk, so their contents must be given on the command line, but the admin
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configuration might already exist and should be given higher priority.
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</para>
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<example>
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<title>RPM installation script for radvd</title>
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<programlisting>echo 'u radvd - "radvd daemon"' | \
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systemd-sysusers --replace=/usr/lib/sysusers.d/radvd.conf -</programlisting>
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<para>This will create the radvd user as if
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<filename>/usr/lib/sysusers.d/radvd.conf</filename> was already on disk.
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An admin might override the configuration specified on the command line by
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placing <filename>/etc/sysusers.d/radvd.conf</filename> or even
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<filename>/etc/sysusers.d/00-overrides.conf</filename>.</para>
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<para>Note that this is the expanded from, and when used in a package, this
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would be written using a macro with "radvd" and a file containing the
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configuration line as arguments.</para>
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</example>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--inline</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Treat each positional argument as a separate configuration
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line instead of a file name.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Exit status</title>
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<para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
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otherwise.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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