base-passwd: add the wheel group

The wheel group is not declared while it can be used to access the systemd
journal and to configure printers in CUPS. It can also be used for su and sudo
permissions.

So far it was created later in the rootfs postcommand systemd_create_users.

Signed-off-by: Louis Rannou <lrannou@baylibre.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd/0007-Add-wheel-group.patch b/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd/0007-Add-wheel-group.patch
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..00eaec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd/0007-Add-wheel-group.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+We need to have a wheel group which has some system privileges to consult the
+systemd journal or manage printers with cups.
+
+Upstream status says the group does not exist by default.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [enable feature]
+
+Signed-off-by: Louis Rannou <lrannou@baylibre.com>
+Index: base-passwd-3.5.26/group.master
+===================================================================
+--- base-passwd-3.5.29.orig/group.master
++++ base-passwd-3.5.29/group.master
+@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@
+ staff:*:50:
+ games:*:60:
+ shutdown:*:70:
++wheel:*:80:
+ users:*:100:
+ nogroup:*:65534:

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.6.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.6.1.bb
index 853717176df5e54bca731e6ea0c63d5d4219b582..204016b3e72e289d1be8b9e5b828baf54fbbe2a0 100644 (file)
--- a/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.6.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.6.1.bb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI = "https://launchpad.net/debian/+archive/primary/+files/${BPN}_${PV}.tar
            file://0004-Add-an-input-group-for-the-dev-input-devices.patch \
            file://0005-Add-kvm-group.patch \
            file://0006-Make-it-possible-to-configure-whether-to-use-SELinux.patch \
+           file://0007-Add-wheel-group.patch \
            "
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6ff369be59d586ba63c0c5fcb00f75f9953fe49db88bc6c6428f2c92866f79af"