Add new function for adding daemon users

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/postgres.eclass b/postgres.eclass
index ff4e993..77851c1 100644
--- a/postgres.eclass
+++ b/postgres.eclass
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2011 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2013 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: $
 
 # @ECLASS: postgres.eclass
 # @MAINTAINER:
-# titanofold@gentoo.org
-# @BLURB: Functions to aid packages that utilize PostgreSQL
+# Aaron W. Swenson <titanofold@gentoo.org>
+# @BLURB: Functions to aid PostgreSQL-related packages
 # @DESCRIPTION:
-# The postgres eclass is a suite that enable ebuilds to build against multiple slot version
+# The postgres eclass is a suite that enable ebuilds to build against
+# multiple slots, properly add a new daemon user, and query
+# PostgreSQL-related information from the system.
+
+inherit user
 
 # @FUNCTION: postgres_depend
 # @USAGE: postgres_depend [USE,flags] [server] [server,USE,flags]
@@ -32,3 +36,23 @@ postgres_depend() {
 }
 
 length=$(expr length ${POSTGRES_MAX})
+
+pgsql_pkg_setup() {
+	enewgroup postgres 70
+	enewuser postgres 70 /bin/bash /var/lib/postgresql postgres
+}
+
+# @FUNCTION: pgsql_enewuser
+# @USAGE: <user> [uid] [shell] [homedir]
+# @DESCRIPTION:
+# Same as enewuser, in fact it uses enewuser, you are not required to
+# understand how to properly add a user to the system. The only required
+# parameter is the username. Default uid is (pass -1 for this) next
+# available, default shell is /bin/false, default homedir is /dev/null,
+# and is assigned to the postgres group.
+pgsql_new_user() {
+	local user=$1 uid=$2 shell=$3 home=$4
+
+	pgsql_pkg_setup
+	enewuser $1 $2 $3 $4 postgres
+}