[patch] haproxy-user.patch

haproxy-user.patch (text/plain), 1.41 KB, created by Stefan Behte (RETIRED) on 2009-03-14 16:16:17 UTC

--- haproxy-1.3.15.7.ebuild	2009-01-10 12:36:33.000000000 +0100
+++ haproxy-1.3.15.7-r1.ebuild	2009-03-14 17:14:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-proxy/haproxy/haproxy-1.3.15.7.ebuild,v 1.1 2009/01/10 11:36:33 mrness Exp $
 
-inherit versionator
+inherit versionator eutils
 
 DESCRIPTION="A TCP/HTTP reverse proxy for high availability environments"
 HOMEPAGE="http://haproxy.1wt.eu"
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@
 	emake ADDINC="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" ${ARGS}
 }
 
+pkg_setup() {
+	ebegin "Creating haproxy user and group"
+	enewgroup haproxy
+	enewuser haproxy -1 -1 -1 haproxy
+	eend ${?}
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	exeinto /usr/bin
 	doexe haproxy
@@ -37,7 +44,12 @@
 
 pkg_postinst() {
 	if [[ ! -f "${ROOT}/etc/haproxy.cfg" ]] ; then
-		einfo "You need to create /etc/haproxy.cfg before you start haproxy service."
+		einfo ""	
+		einfo "You need to create /etc/haproxy.cfg before you start the haproxy service."
+		einfo "It's best practice to not run haproxy as root, user and group haproxy was therefore created."
+		einfo "Make use of them with the \"user\" and \"group\" directives."
+		einfo ""		
+
 		if [[ -d "${ROOT}/usr/share/doc/${P}" ]]; then
 			einfo "Please consult the installed documentation for learning the configuration file's syntax."
 			einfo "The documentation and sample configuration files are installed here:"