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Re: apt-get upgrade installs unnecessary users / Cobalt RaQ 3i



On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 11:16:02PM +0100, H.P. Stroebel wrote:
> hi list,
> 
> 1) i switched recently from redhat to debian for an internet server
> installation

A very good move.  MUCH easier to maintain.

> i deleted unnecessary users and groups like games, audio etc., but they
> were reinstalled when doing the first apt-get upgrade.
> 
> could anyone point me please to some ressources concerning default
> users/groups, which of them are necessary and how to avoid their
> reinstallation ?

Just ignore them.  A group with no members doesn't hurt anything.  (They
are there as placeholders.)



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