Create avahi and avahi-autoipd users/groups via systemd-sysusers

This is necessary for proper function in RHEL Image Mode.

Resolves: RHEL-110179

avahi-autoipd.sysusers.conf

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+u avahi-autoipd 170 'Avahi IPv4LL Stack' /var/lib/avahi-autoipd -

avahi.spec

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 Name:             avahi
 Version:          0.9%{?rc:~%{rc}}
-Release:          2%{?dist}
+Release:          3%{?dist}
 Summary:          Local network service discovery
 License:          LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause-Views AND MIT
 URL:              http://avahi.org
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ Requires:         expat
 Requires:         libdaemon >= 0.11
 # For /usr/bin/dbus-send
 Requires(post):   dbus
-Requires(pre):    shadow-utils
 Requires(pre):    coreutils
 Requires:         %{name}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 BuildRequires:    automake
@@ -131,12 +130,16 @@ BuildRequires:    gcc
 BuildRequires:    gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:    gettext-devel
 BuildRequires:    systemd-devel
+BuildRequires:    systemd-rpm-macros
+%{?sysusers_requires_compat}
 
 %if 0%{?rc:1}
 Source0:          https://github.com/avahi/avahi/archive/refs/tags/v%{version_no_tilde}.tar.gz
 %else
 Source0:          https://github.com/avahi/avahi/releases/download/v%{version_no_tilde}/%{name}-%{version_no_tilde}.tar.gz
 %endif
+Source1:          avahi.sysusers.conf
+Source2:          avahi-autoipd.sysusers.conf
 
 ## upstream patches
 Patch0001: 0001-core-wide-area-fix-for-CVE-2024-52615.patch
@@ -405,8 +408,8 @@ libraries.
 
 %package autoipd
 Summary:          Link-local IPv4 address automatic configuration daemon (IPv4LL)
-Requires(pre):    shadow-utils
 Requires:         %{name}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+%{?sysusers_requires_compat}
 
 %description autoipd
 avahi-autoipd implements IPv4LL, "Dynamic Configuration of IPv4
@@ -563,6 +566,8 @@ rm -fv %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/avahi-dnsconfd
 
 %find_lang %{name}
 
+install -m0644 -D %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/avahi.conf
+install -m0644 -D %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/avahi-autoipd.conf
 
 %check
 %if %{with check}
@@ -577,17 +582,8 @@ rm -fv %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/avahi-dnsconfd
   desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/avahi-discover.desktop
 %endif
 
-
 %pre
-getent group avahi >/dev/null || groupadd -f -g 70 -r avahi
-if ! getent passwd avahi > /dev/null ; then
-  if ! getent passwd 70 > /dev/null ; then
-    useradd -r -l -u 70 -g avahi -d %{_localstatedir}/run/avahi-daemon -s /sbin/nologin -c "Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack" avahi
-  else
-    useradd -r -l -g avahi -d %{_localstatedir}/run/avahi-daemon -s /sbin/nologin -c "Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack" avahi
-  fi
-fi
-exit 0
+%sysusers_create_compat %{SOURCE1}
 
 %post
 %{?ldconfig}
@@ -605,15 +601,7 @@ fi
 %systemd_postun_with_restart avahi-daemon.socket avahi-daemon.service
 
 %pre autoipd
-getent group avahi-autoipd >/dev/null || groupadd -f -g 170 -r avahi-autoipd
-if ! getent passwd avahi-autoipd > /dev/null ; then
-  if ! getent passwd 170 > /dev/null; then
-    useradd -r -u 170 -l -g avahi-autoipd -d %{_localstatedir}/lib/avahi-autoipd -s /sbin/nologin -c "Avahi IPv4LL Stack" avahi-autoipd
-  else
-    useradd -r -l -g avahi-autoipd -d %{_localstatedir}/lib/avahi-autoipd -s /sbin/nologin -c "Avahi IPv4LL Stack" avahi-autoipd
-  fi
-fi
-exit 0
+%sysusers_create_compat %{SOURCE2}
 
 %post dnsconfd
 %systemd_post avahi-dnsconfd.service
@@ -662,12 +650,14 @@ exit 0
 %{_datadir}/dbus-1/interfaces/*.xml
 %{_datadir}/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.Avahi.service
 %{_libdir}/libavahi-core.so.*
+%{_sysusersdir}/avahi.conf
 
 %files autoipd
 %{_sbindir}/avahi-autoipd
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/avahi/avahi-autoipd.action
 %attr(1770,avahi-autoipd,avahi-autoipd) %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/avahi-autoipd/
 %{_mandir}/man8/avahi-autoipd.*
+%{_sysusersdir}/avahi-autoipd.conf
 
 %files dnsconfd
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/avahi/avahi-dnsconfd.action
@@ -863,6 +853,9 @@ exit 0
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 10 2026 Michal Sekletar <msekleta@redhat.com> - 0.9~rc2-3
+- Add sysusers.d config files to create avahi and avahi-autoipd users/groups (RHEL-110179)
+
 * Wed Jul 09 2025 Michal Sekletar <msekleta@redhat.com> - 0.9~rc2-2
 - Fix for CVE-2024-52615 (RHEL-67715)
 

avahi.sysusers.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+u avahi 70 'Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack' /var/run/avahi-daemon -
+