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Support more default user/group names, and warn if nobody/nogroup ends up used in configuration #3175

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@jimklimov jimklimov commented Nov 10, 2025

Closes: #3173

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Now the default (no opts) ./configure script run ends with a warning about such accounts:

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* CONFIG_FLAGS  :
configure: ==========================================================
configure: You have configured a build for default user 'nobody' or
configure: group 'nogroup' account names. This may be not safe.
configure: ==========================================================
configure: Configuration complete: Run 'make' to build Network UPS Tools version 2.8.4.787.1 (2.8.4.787.2-789+gf2a9f47e8) development iteration now.
configure: You may use parallelism if supported by your hardware and 'make' implementation, e.g. 'make -j 8'
configure: ==========================================================

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configure.ac, NEWS.adoc, docs/configure.txt: support more default use…
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…r/group account names that may be defined in the OS [networkupstools#3173]

Signed-off-by: Jim Klimov <jimklimov+nut@gmail.com>
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configure.ac, NEWS.adoc: warn if nobody or nogroup end up being u…
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…sed for a build [networkupstools#3173]

Signed-off-by: Jim Klimov <jimklimov+nut@gmail.com>
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UPGRADING.adoc: configure script would now probe the OS for more us…
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…er and group account names [networkupstools#3173]

Signed-off-by: Jim Klimov <jimklimov+nut@gmail.com>
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✅ Build nut 2.8.4.3753-master completed (commit b048a3e705 by @jimklimov)

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