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Chetan
Chetan

Reputation: 157

Create user with install4j for linux installer

I have a requirement where I am installing with sudo as I need root access for some actions. I have to create couple of unix users with install4j and then use these users in systemd file to start a particular service.

I was not able to find any action for creating users. So I have used Run executable or batch file action to run a shell script for adding users and giving proper ownership using these users to certain directories.

I have 2 questions here :

  1. Is this approach good for creating users ? or any better approach is available
  2. If any of the command in shell script fails, installer can fail..but users are not aware of what went wrong.

Please pardon me , I am new to install4j

Upvotes: 1

Views: 134

Answers (1)

Ingo Kegel
Ingo Kegel

Reputation: 48015

As of install4j 8, there is no elevation of privileges for Linux/Unix media files.

The recommendation is to run the entire installer with sudo, if elevated privileges are required.

Upvotes: 0

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