Index: openacs-dist/debian/debian/DEBIAN/postinst
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-dist/debian/debian/DEBIAN/postinst,v
diff -u -N -r1.4 -r1.5
--- openacs-dist/debian/debian/DEBIAN/postinst	20 Oct 2006 20:12:07 -0000	1.4
+++ openacs-dist/debian/debian/DEBIAN/postinst	20 Oct 2006 22:21:58 -0000	1.5
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+#--------------config
+DOTLRN_USER=dotlrn
+
 echo "Shutting down aolserver"
 /etc/init.d/aolserver4 stop
 # make sure nsd is really gone
@@ -8,10 +11,17 @@
 echo "Remove the dummy files from debian's stock aolserver installation"
 rm -rf /var/www/index.html /var/www/icons
 
-echo "Create the www-data user in Postgres and the dotlrn database."
-su - postgres "dropuser www-data"
+if ! grep -q ^$DOTLRN_USER /etc/passwd; then
+  echo "Adding $DOTLRN_USER user and group"
+  adduser --system --group $DOTLRN_USER
+fi
+
+chown -R dotlrn:dotlrn /var/www/*
+
+echo "(Re)create the $DOTLRN_USER user in Postgres and the dotlrn database."
+su - postgres "dropuser dotlrn"
 su - postgres "dropdb dotlrn"
-su - postgres "createuser -a -d www-data"
+su - postgres "createuser -a -d dotlrn"
 su - postgres "createdb -E UNICODE dotlrn"
 su - postgres "createlang plpgsql dotlrn"