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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-27 12:50:00 +0000
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+<!--
+ Copyright (c) 2010, Pawel Hajdan
+ All rights reserved.
+
+ Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ are met:
+ 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ 3. The name of the copyright holders or contributors may not be used to
+ endorse or promote products derived from this software without
+ specific prior written permission.
+
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+ ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
+ PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+-->
+<varlistentry condition="tcb">
+ <term><option>TCB_SYMLINKS</option> (boolean)</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If <replaceable>yes</replaceable>, the location of the user tcb
+ directory to be created will not be automatically set to /etc/tcb/user,
+ but will be computed depending on the UID of the user, according to
+ the following algorithm:
+ <programlisting>
+if ( UID is less than 1000) {
+ use /etc/tcb/user
+} else if ( UID is less than 1000000) {
+ kilos = UID / 1000
+ use /etc/tcb/:kilos/user
+ make symlink /etc/tcb/user to the above directory
+} else {
+ megas = UID / 1000000
+ kilos = ( UID / megas * 1000000 ) / 1000
+ use /etc/tcb/:megas/:kilos/user
+ make symlink /etc/tcb/user to the above directory
+}
+ </programlisting>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+</varlistentry>