Add a user and continue recipes using it

[mihaigalos]

Hi,

On Linux, I would like to add a user and continue the recipes using it. Is something like this possible without exiting the initial just invocation?

add_user user:
    sudo adduser {{ user }}

run user:
    just add {{ user }}
    # sudo su {{ user }} here, or similar ..
    just setup_zsh # Setup zsh for that user, instead of the user who initiated the just invocation.

[casey]

Can you use a dependency?

add user:
    sudo adduser {{ user }}

run user: (add user)
    # sudo su {{ user }} here, or similar ..
    # Setup zsh for that user, instead of the user who initiated the just invocation.

[mihaigalos]

Yes, no constraints on the solution.
The problem remains, however, that just process doesn't continue with the current user.

My temporary solution is this, maybe we can improve it further?

add user:
    sudo adduser {{ user }}

run user: (add user)
    sudo -u {{ user }} -- sh -c '\
        just setup_zsh; \
        just remove_temporaries; \
    '

[casey]

How about this:

# set positional arguments to avoid problems with splitting and quoting
set positional-arguments

add user:
    sudo adduser {{ user }}

sudo user +args: (add user)
    sudo -u {{ user }} just "${@:2}"

Then to add user foo and run recipe bar:

$ just sudo foo bar

Using +args allows passing multiple recipes.

[mihaigalos]

sudo -u {{ user }|} just "${@:2}"

I don't understand the pipe (|) in the user. I suspect it's a typo?

Otherwise, this looks beautiful!

[casey]

Oops, yeah, typo!