Re: Debian policy 9.2.1 needs --allow-bad-names
On 2024-10-05 Joachim Zobel <jz-2017@heute-morgen.de> wrote:
> Debian policy 9.2.1 says: "When maintainers choose a new hardcoded or
> dynamically generated username for packages to use, they should start
> this username with an underscore." By now this requires an
> adduser --allow-bad-names
> in the script creating the user. Since I followed this policy, I'll
> have to adapt my package vzlogger. Alternatively I could I rename the
> user and ignore 9.2.1, the package is only in testing. Or is this a bug
> in adduser?
Hello,
we use the underscore to "minimize collisions with locally created user
accounts". adduser requiring a special option to generate users named
liked this *also* increases the likelyhood that a local admin will *not*
generate a user with conflicting name.
So I think you you should continue following policy's guidance.
cu Andreas
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