CI_USER=root
else
CI_USER=ci
- useradd -u $HOST_UID $CI_USER
+ if test "$(id -u $CI_USER 2>/dev/null)" = $HOST_UID
+ then
+ echo "user '$CI_USER' already exists with the requested ID $HOST_UID"
+ else
+ useradd -u $HOST_UID $CI_USER
+ fi
+
# Due to a bug the test suite was run as root in the past, so
# a prove state file created back then is only accessible by
# root. Now that bug is fixed, the test suite is run as a