Re: adduser/deluser on postinst
On 11/08/2007 Marc Haber wrote:
> <jfs@computer.org> wrote:
> >For some code examples which do work (and are used in several
> >packages) see:
> >
> >http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch9.en.html#s-bpp-lower-privs
>
> Why does this HOWTO suggest replicating code that is already in
> adduser (or should be there) in gazillion of maintainer scripts, which
> surely introduces a maintenance nightmare?
I guess that Javier wrote this without being aware of
http://wiki.debian.org/AccountHandlingInMaintainerScripts , but now I
stronly suggest to merge both documents.
And yes, it is a nightmare to maintain code like Javier suggested. But
the only alternative would be to make adduser Priority: required.
Otherwise there is no certainty that adduser is installed at package
purge time.
...
jonas
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