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Description of problem:
cyrus-imapd is using static useradd scripts

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
cyrus-imapd-3.4.1-6.el9.src.rpm

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. review %pre
2.
3.

Actual results:
%pre
# Create 'cyrus' user on target host
getent group saslauth >/dev/null || /usr/sbin/groupadd -g %gid -r saslauth
getent passwd cyrus >/dev/null || /usr/sbin/useradd -c "Cyrus IMAP Server" -d /var/lib/imap -g %cyrusgroup \
  -G saslauth -s /sbin/nologin -u %uid -r %cyrususer

Expected results:
use of system-sysusers 

Additional info:
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-sysusers.html
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Adopting_sysusers.d_format

This cannot be implemented without fixing sysusers.generate-pre.sh script first:

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/systemd/pull-request/94

(In reply to Pat Riehecky from comment #0)
> Description of problem:
> cyrus-imapd is using static useradd scripts

And why is that a problem? The only advantage of systemd-sysusers--as used in rpm scriptlets--is that the command lines are shorter. But that's hardly a sufficient reason for backporting such changes to existing releases (either of RHEL or Fedora)...

This is a problem because static useradd scripts are incompatible with `rpm-ostree compose`, which consumes the declarative sysusers config snippets.

Using a sysusers config has been mandated by the Fedora Packaging Guidelines for a while now:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/UsersAndGroups/

More context:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Adopting_sysusers.d_format
https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/1208

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (cyrus-imapd bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:6540