MacPorts is hijacking account on MacOSXServer

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jul 25, 2011, at 14:44, Rodolfo Aramayo wrote:

> IMPORTANT
> 
> For those if you running MacPorts on MacOSXServers...be aware!
> 
> The latest installation of MacPorts is taking over mobile accounts on
> MacOSXServer
> 
> Obviously the installer does not determine the presence of 'mobile'
> accounts and finds the next available UniqueID number available and
> assigns it to the 'macports:staff'
> 
> The problem this creates is obvious, mobile users using that
> particular UniqueID lose control over their directories and files
> 
> While the problem can be easily fixed by reverting the usernames to
> their old ones, it is not clear to me what implications this will have
> on the macports user. Please advice here

I am not familiar with "mobile accounts".


> Also I do not understand why the '/opt' directory is not now owned by
> the 'macports:staff' user

The MacPorts prefix is /opt/local, not /opt.