Get user creation working

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mastodon.install b/mastodon.install
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index 000000000000..25ff428c8b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mastodon.install
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+_user=mastodon
+_homedir=/var/lib/mastodon
+_shell=/bin/false
+
+post_install() {
+    getent group ${_user} > /dev/null || groupadd ${_user} > /dev/null
+    getent passwd ${_user} > /dev/null || useradd -d ${_homedir} -g ${_user} -s ${_shell} ${_user} > /dev/null
+}