X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/tripe/blobdiff_plain/ef4a1ab72d88f8790c367b513863d4f9a101a34d..a02240ba1ed0d7f8ca6b4ab45e9c9e3532a9f7ea:/debian/tripe.postinst

diff --git a/debian/tripe.postinst b/debian/tripe.postinst
index 311664a8..29946902 100644
--- a/debian/tripe.postinst
+++ b/debian/tripe.postinst
@@ -2,13 +2,24 @@
 
 set -e
 
-if [ ! -c /dev/.devfsd ] && [ ! -c /dev/net/tun ]; then
+## Make sure that /dev/net/tun exists.  Don't do anything special if devfs or
+## udev is running.
+if [ ! -c /dev/.devfsd ] &&
+   [ ! -d /dev/.udev ] &&
+   [ ! -c /dev/net/tun ]
+then
+  echo "/dev/net/tun not present: invoking MAKEDEV to create it."
   (cd /dev && /sbin/MAKEDEV tun)
 fi
 
-#DEBHELPER#
+## Make sure that the `tripe' user and group exist.
+getent group tripe >/dev/null ||
+	addgroup --system tripe
+getent passwd tripe >/dev/null || \
+	adduser --system \
+		--ingroup tripe \
+		--home /etc/tripe \
+		--gecos "TrIPE server" \
+		tripe
 
-if [ -x "/etc/init.d/tripe" ]; then
-  update-rc.d tripe defaults >/dev/null
-  invoke-rc.d tripe start
-fi
+#DEBHELPER#