Conference turris::digital_unix

9200.0. "Tell "kits" command to use specific UID for subset inventory file items?" by KZIN::HUDSON (That's what I think) Mon Mar 17 1997 09:20

I had the following question from a customer and from my reading of the
"Guide to Preparing Product Kits", I don't believe there is a way to make
the "kits" command do what the customer wants.  But I'm not very familiar
with it; perhaps someone more knowledgeable than me could comment?

Thanks for any input

nick

>I am attempting to build a "setld distribution kit" and am having a
>question as to how to set a particular file characteristic:
>
>    When the "kits" command is run, it generates the inventory file
>    based on the current file atrtibutes.  Specifically "user id" 
>    is specified numerically. 
>
>    Problem:  I want to specify a "text user ID" since the user ID
>    that the files should belong to may not have the same numeric user
>    ID as the system generating the kit.  Ex:  I want the file to
>    belong to "joe".  My UID for joe may be 300, but on the customer's
>    system it may be 400.
>
>    Question:  Must I always edit the ".inv" inventory files manually
>    after execution of the "kits" command?  Or is there some other
>    proper method to specify the user name?

You must always maintain a consistant *.inv file with what is on the system.
When you have a 2 as the first field in the *.mi file that only accounts for
the contents of the changing and not the ownership or modes.

Sean