From fed7216436dde22c0df7d03c2e0dec5f3aeb4e3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MacRimi <ricoextincion@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:15:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update share-common.func

---
 scripts/global/share-common.func | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/global/share-common.func b/scripts/global/share-common.func
index 7170ef1..55e6309 100644
--- a/scripts/global/share-common.func
+++ b/scripts/global/share-common.func
@@ -77,24 +77,37 @@ pmx_choose_or_create_group() {
 
 # Ensure group exists on host and return its GID
 pmx_ensure_host_group() {
-    # comments in English
-    # IN: group name
-    # OUT: echoes GID to stdout, return 0 on success
+
     local group_name="$1"
+    local suggested_gid="$2"
+
     if ! getent group "$group_name" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        if groupadd "$group_name" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        if [[ -n "$suggested_gid" ]]; then
+
+            if getent group "$suggested_gid" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                msg_error "$(translate "GID already in use:") $suggested_gid"
+                return 1
+            fi
+            groupadd -g "$suggested_gid" "$group_name" >/dev/null 2>&1
+        else
+            groupadd "$group_name" >/dev/null 2>&1
+        fi
+
+        if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
             msg_ok "$(translate "Group created:") $group_name"
         else
             msg_error "$(translate "Failed to create group:") $group_name"
             return 1
         fi
     fi
+
     local gid
     gid="$(getent group "$group_name" | cut -d: -f3)"
     if [[ -z "$gid" ]]; then
         msg_error "$(translate "Failed to resolve group GID for") $group_name"
         return 1
     fi
+
     echo "$gid"
     return 0
 }