Added (Linux) file monitor configuration to Fabric script.

Also improved `create_user` to allow overwriting some settings.

data/etc/default/rattail

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+# The following settings affect all Rattail daemons.
+
+USER=rattail
+GROUP=rattail

data/etc/init.d/rattail-filemon_tmpl

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+#! /bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          %(name)s
+# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: %(desc)s
+# Description:       Manages the %(desc)s daemon.
+### END INIT INFO
+
+DESC="%(desc)s"
+NAME=%(name)s
+
+PYTHON=%(envdir)s/bin/python
+RATTAIL=%(envdir)s/bin/rattail
+RATTAIL_ARGS="--config=%(envdir)s/app/filemon.ini"
+
+. /var/lib/rattail/init.d/filemon

data/var/lib/rattail/init.d/filemon

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+#!/bin/sh
+# -*- coding: utf-8  -*-
+################################################################################
+#
+#  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
+#  Copyright © 2010-2012 Lance Edgar
+#
+#  This file is part of Rattail.
+#
+#  Rattail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+#  terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+#  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  Rattail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+#  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+#  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General Public License for
+#  more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#  along with Rattail.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+################################################################################
+
+
+# This script is mostly based on the ``/etc/init.d/skeleton`` file from a
+# Debian 6 system.
+
+
+DESC=${DESC:-"Rattail File Monitor"}
+NAME=${NAME:-"rattail-filemon"}
+SCRIPTNAME=${SCRIPTNAME:-"/etc/init.d/$NAME"}
+PIDFILE=${PIDFILE:-"/var/run/rattail/$NAME.pid"}
+
+PYTHON=${PYTHON:-"/usr/bin/python"}
+RATTAIL=${RATTAIL:-"/usr/local/bin/rattail"}
+RATTAIL_ARGS=${RATTAIL_ARGS:-""}
+FILEMON_ARGS=${FILEMON_ARGS:-"--pidfile=$PIDFILE"}
+
+USER=${USER:-"rattail"}
+GROUP=${GROUP:-"rattail"}
+
+
+# Read configuration variable files if present.
+[ -r /etc/default/rattail ] && . /etc/default/rattail
+[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
+
+# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables.
+. /lib/init/vars.sh
+
+# Define LSB log_* functions.
+# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) to ensure that this file is present
+# and status_of_proc is working.
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+
+#
+# Function that starts the daemon/service
+#
+do_start()
+{
+	# Return
+	#   0 if daemon has been started
+	#   1 if daemon was already running
+	#   2 if daemon could not be started
+    start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $PYTHON --user $USER --test --quiet > /dev/null \
+        || return 1
+    start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $PYTHON --startas $RATTAIL --chuid $USER --group $GROUP --quiet -- \
+        $RATTAIL_ARGS filemon $FILEMON_ARGS start \
+        || return 2
+}
+
+
+#
+# Function that stops the daemon/service
+#
+do_stop()
+{
+	# Return
+	#   0 if daemon has been stopped
+	#   1 if daemon was already stopped
+	#   2 if daemon could not be stopped
+	#   other if a failure occurred
+    $RATTAIL $RATTAIL_ARGS filemon $FILEMON_ARGS stop > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+	[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
+	do_start
+	case "$?" in
+		0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
+		2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
+	esac
+	;;
+  stop)
+	[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
+	do_stop
+	case "$?" in
+		0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
+		2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
+	esac
+	;;
+  status)
+       status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
+       ;;
+  restart|force-reload)
+	log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
+	do_stop
+	case "$?" in
+	  0|1)
+		do_start
+		case "$?" in
+			0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
+			1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
+			*) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
+		esac
+		;;
+	  *)
+	  	# Failed to stop
+		log_end_msg 1
+		;;
+	esac
+	;;
+  *)
+	echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload}" >&2
+	exit 3
+	;;
+esac
+
+: