Re: Remove User on Remove, or Purge?

[Brian Sutherland <jinty@web.de>]

On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 10:38:51AM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote:
> * ms419@freezone.co.uk [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:39:01 -0700]:
> > If a package creates a user when it is installed, should it remove this 
> > user when it is removed, on only when it is purged?
> 
>   when purged, definitely. some developers are even of the opinion that
>   "You should simply not remove users" [1] (which, for some packages,
>   may be the only sane alternative; don't know about yours).
> 
>     [1] http://people.debian.org/~terpstra/message/20040830.032353.ea3ef3a5.en.html

There is also this reference:
    http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/05/msg01156.html

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Brian Sutherland