From: Thomas Walker Lynch <thomas.walker.lynch@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 17:43:23 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: make a separate _root directory for the system files
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make a separate _root directory for the system files
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diff --git a/executable/subu_add b/executable/subu_add
index abd732e..5cd4fbe 100755
--- a/executable/subu_add
+++ b/executable/subu_add
@@ -24,12 +24,17 @@ stem=$(/usr/local/bin/user-stem)
 user_subu="$stem-$subu"
 user_admin="$stem-admin"
 
-home_subu="/home/$stem/$subu"
-home_admin="/home/$stem/admin"
+subu_root="/home/$stem/$subu"_root
+subu_home="$subu_root"/"$subu"
 
-sudo useradd --home-dir "$home_subu"  "$user_subu"
+admin_home="/home/$stem/admin"
+
+sudo useradd --home-dir "$subu_root"  "$user_subu"
 sudo usermod -aG "$user_subu" "$user_admin"
-sudo find "$home_admin/subu_default" -mindepth 1 -execdir cp -p {} "$home_subu" \;
-sudo find "$home_subu" -execdir chown "$user_subu":"$user_subu" {} \;
+sudo find "$admin_home/subu_default" -mindepth 1 -execdir cp -p {} "$subu_root" \;
+sudo find "$subu_root" -execdir chown "$user_subu":"$user_subu" {} \;
 
+if [[ ! -d "$subu_home" ]]; then
+    mkdir "$subu_home"
+fi
 
diff --git a/executable/subu_del b/executable/subu_del
index 98fc7c4..a68d190 100755
--- a/executable/subu_del
+++ b/executable/subu_del
@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ fi
 
 # stem includes all characters up to the first '-' 
 stem=$(/usr/local/bin/user-stem)
-user_subu="$stem-$subu"
-user_admin="$stem-admin"
-home_subu="/home/$stem/$subu"
-archive_suffix=_former_subu
-archive_subu="$home_subu$archive_suffix"
+subu_user="$stem-$subu"
+admin_user="$stem-admin"
+subu_root="/home/$stem/$subu"_root
+archive_suffix=";1"
+archive_root="$subu_root$archive_suffix"
 mail_source_dir="/var/spool/mail"
-mail_source_file="$mail_source_dir/$user_subu" 
-mail_target_file="$home_subu/mail_spool" 
+mail_source_file="$mail_source_dir/$subu_user" 
+mail_target_file="$subu_root/mail_spool" 
 
-if [ -e "$archive_subu" ]; then
-   echo "there is already a saved directory for a deleted subu with this name, move this out of the way first: $archive_subu"
+if [ -e "$archive_root" ]; then
+   echo "there is already a saved directory for a deleted subu with this name, move this out of the way first: $archive_root"
    exit 1
 fi
 if [ ! -d "$mail_source_dir" ]; then
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ if [ ! -d "$mail_source_dir" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ -e "$mail_target_file" ]; then
-   echo "there is already file system object where we planned to move the deleted user's mail spool, which is here: $home_subu/mail_spool"
+   echo "there is already file system object where we planned to move the deleted user's mail spool, which is here: $subu_root/mail_spool"
    exit 1
 fi
 
-sudo killall --signal 5 --wait --user "$user_subu"
+sudo killall --signal 5 --wait --user "$subu_user"
 sudo mv  "$mail_source_file"  "$mail_target_file"
-sudo chmod -R go-rwx "$home_subu"
-sudo chown -R "$user_admin":"$user_admin" "$home_subu"
-mv "$home_subu" "$archive_subu"
-sudo groupdel -f "$user_subu"
-sudo userdel "$user_subu"
+sudo chmod -R go-rwx "$subu_root"
+sudo chown -R "$admin_user":"$admin_user" "$subu_root"
+mv "$subu_root" "$archive_root"
+sudo groupdel -f "$subu_user"
+sudo userdel "$subu_user"
 
 #set +x
diff --git a/executable/subu_env b/executable/subu_env
index b54968e..5a0c3e9 100755
--- a/executable/subu_env
+++ b/executable/subu_env
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fi
 
 stem=$(/usr/local/bin/user-stem)
 user_subu="$stem-$subu"
-home_subu="/home/$stem/$subu"
+home_subu=/home/"$stem"/"$subu"_root/"$subu"
 bashrc="$home_subu/.bashrc"
 xauthority="$home_subu/.Xauthority"