Update debian files: Create user/group motion , create pid directory and set motion permissions , add chuid to init script and change default pid path in motion-dist.conf

debian/control

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Package: motion
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
 Recommends: ffmpeg
-Suggests: mysql-client, postgresql-client
+Suggests: mysql-client, postgresql-client, mjpegtools
 Description: V4L capture program supporting motion detection
  Motion is a program that monitors the video signal from
  one or more cameras and is able to detect if a significant
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Description: V4L capture program supporting motion detection
  The output from motion can be:
     - jpg files
     - ppm format files
-    - mpeg video sequences
+    - mpeg, avi, swf video sequences
  .
  Also, motion has its own minimalistic web server. Thus,
  you can access the webcam output from motion via a browser.

debian/motion.postinst

@@ -6,6 +6,36 @@ set -e
 
 . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
 
+add_group_if_missing() {
+    if [ -x /usr/sbin/adduser ]; then
+        if ! id -g motion >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                addgroup --force-badname motion
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+add_user_if_missing() { 
+    if [ -x /usr/sbin/adduser ]; then
+        if ! id -u motion > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            adduser --system --no-create-home \
+                --disabled-password --force-badname \
+                motion
+        fi
+    fi 
+}
+
+create_pid_dir(){
+	if ! [ -d /var/run/motion ]; then
+		mkdir /var/run/motion
+	fi
+	chown motion:motion /var/run/motion
+}
+
+
+add_group_if_missing
+add_user_if_missing
+create_pid_dir
+
 db_stop
 
 #DEBHELPER#

motion-dist.conf

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 daemon on
 
 # File to store the process ID, also called pid file. (default: not defined)
-process_id_file /var/run/motion.pid 
+process_id_file /var/run/motion/motion.pid 
 
 ############################################################
 # Basic Setup Mode

motion.init-Debian.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 NAME=motion
 PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
 DAEMON=@BIN_PATH@/motion
-PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
+PIDFILE=/var/run/motion/$NAME.pid
 
 
 trap "" 1
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ test -f $DAEMON || exit 0
 case "$1" in
   start)
     echo "Starting motion detection : $NAME"
-    start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON
+    start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --chuid motion
     ;;
 
   stop)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ case "$1" in
   restart-motion)
     echo "Restarting $NAME"
     start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PIDFILE --oknodo --exec $DAEMON  --retry 30
-    start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON
+    start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --chuid motion
     ;;
 
   restart)