if [ $1 = "1" ];then APP=%{name} # check if user exists /bin/id $APP 2>/dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ];then # create application user (EL5) useradd -r --home-dir /var/lib/$APP --shell /sbin/nologin --create-home $APP fi # give read access to group on home chmod g+r /var/lib/$APP mkdir -p /var/lib/$APP/{conf,data} chown $APP.$APP /var/lib/$APP/{conf,data} fi