> Hi
>
> I want to use the same user in two different recipe. 
> I create the user in recipe A.bb and it works fine.
> Now I want to use the same user in B.bb so I add DEPENDS = "A"
> thinking that sysroot will be
> populated with A.bb users.
>
> But when I bitbake the recipe, user is not found. 
> I conclude that I have to use USERADD_* in each recipe, right?
>
> What happen if I use different USERADD_PARAM_${PN} in each recipe?
>
> I also try to use EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS but without success?
>
> Is there a way to populate sysroot with users?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Fabien
> --

When I have this issue I just make a separate recipe that creates the user, and have all the other recipes depend on it.
That way the user is always created with the same parameters, without possibility of getting out of sync.