Re: Remove User on Remove, or Purge?
* 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
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