Georg Schwarz wrote:
> Is there a chance to install packages like comms/minicom that want to
> create their own users as non-root?
> Is there some reasonable way to force the use of the current user and
> group?

We could add a list of variables that contain user names. That way, in 
unpriviledged mode, all those variables could be overwritten with the 
local user:

PKG_USERVARS+=         APACHE_USER
APACHE_USER?=          www

PKG_GROUPVARS+=        APACHE_GROUP
APACHE_GROUP?=         www

OVERRIDE_USERGROUP?=   yes
.if defined(UNPRIVILEDGED) && !empty(OVERRIDE_USERGROUP:M[Yy][Ee][Ss])
.  for _u_ in ${PKG_USERVARS}
${_u_}=                ${UNPRIVILEDGED_USER}
.  endfor
.  for _g_ in ${PKG_GROUPVARS)
${_g_}=                ${UNPRIVILEDGED_GROUP}
.  endfor
.endif

Roland