Bug 99603

Summary:	squid should create its own users
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	SpanKY <vapier>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Network Proxy Developers (OBSOLETE) <net-proxy+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description SpanKY gentoo-dev

2005-07-19 17:55:44 UTC

please add `enewuser` and `enewgroup` to the squid ebuilds so we can remove them
from baselayout's passwd/group

Comment 1 Alin Năstac (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-07-19 22:12:33 UTC

fixed by adding squid user/group in pkg_setup & pkg_preinst, using UID 31 (for
correct installation of bin packages).

please take a look at bug #94745. 
since squid cannot be a dependency of system, the ebuild could create its own
user/group without problems. 
on the contrary, net-proxy/dante could be a dependency of system (by adding
socks5 useflag) which means it cannot safely create its own user (safely ==
dante is instaled *after* shadow).