client-desktop: implementing the best one hack to get VBox shared fol…

…ders working with LDAP (closes #317)
gislab-npo · Nov 26, 2015 · 93cb35a · 93cb35a
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diff --git a/system/admin/gislab-adduser b/system/admin/gislab-adduser
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ gislab_info "Adding user account"
 # create LDAP account (without creating home directory - CREATEHOMES="no")
 ldapadduser $GISLAB_USER gislabusers
 
+# add user to VirtualBox file sharing group
+gislab-moduser -a vboxsf $GISLAB_USER
+
 # add user to supplementary group(s)
 if [ -n "$opt_groups" ]; then
     gislab-moduser -a $opt_groups $GISLAB_USER

diff --git a/system/roles/client-desktop/tasks/main.yml b/system/roles/client-desktop/tasks/main.yml
@@ -345,10 +345,15 @@
     executable: /bin/bash
 
 
-# install VirtualBox Guest additions
+# Install VirtualBox Guest additions
 # Latest kernel version supported by VirtualBox Guest additions on Ubuntu 12.04
 # is version 3.8. For manual installation run following command:
 # $ dkms install -m virtualbox-guest/<vbox-version> -k <kernel-version>/<ARCH>
+
+# We always reinstall (--reinstall) packages to fix broken cross-compilation,
+# happening when modules are rebuild on system upgrade by DKMS trigger without
+# proper configuration of BUILD_TARGET_ARCH variable.
+
 - name: Install VirtualBox Guest additions
   shell: >
     if [ '{{ GISLAB_CLIENT_ARCHITECTURE }}' == 'amd64' ]; then
@@ -358,13 +363,20 @@
     fi
     &&
     chroot {{ root_dir }}/root
-    apt-get --no-install-recommends {{ apt_get_opts }} install {{ item }}
+    apt-get
+    --reinstall
+    --no-install-recommends {{ apt_get_opts }} install {{ item }}
   with_items:
     - virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-x11 virtualbox-guest-utils
   args:
     executable: /bin/bash
   when: GISLAB_CLIENT_VIRTUALBOX_SUPPORT
 
+- name: Remove local VirtualBox file sharing group (vboxsf)
+  shell: >
+    chroot {{ root_dir }}/root
+    groupdel vboxsf || true
+
 
 # remove not needed packages
 - name: Remove packages

diff --git a/system/roles/service-ldap/templates/ldap/gislab-tree.ldif.j2 b/system/roles/service-ldap/templates/ldap/gislab-tree.ldif.j2
@@ -50,3 +50,9 @@ objectClass: posixGroup
 cn: gislabusers
 gidNumber: 3001
 description: GIS.lab Users Group
+
+dn: cn=vboxsf,ou=Groups,dc=gis,dc=lab
+objectClass: posixGroup
+cn: vboxsf
+gidNumber: 3100
+description: VirtualBox File Sharing Group