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Re: adduser Debconf question - can we remove it?



Hi

On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 12:01:03PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> adduser maintainer here. Adduser currently has a single debconf
> question, "Do you want system-wide readable home directories?",
> resulting in the setting of DIR_MODE in adduser.conf.
> 
> How does the Debian installer team think about adduser removing this
> debconf question in a future release, causing the account created on
> installation to be created with home directory mode 2700?

These changes are in unstable now. So please expect adduser in the
installer to ask one less question.

Greetings
Marc

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