also sprach Sven Mueller <debian@incase.de> [2005.04.01.2133 +0200]: > way of registering UIDs to packages. And more often than not, > usernames are used across multiple packages (even though most are > used only by packages generated by the same source package). So > which package should remove the user from /etc/passwd? The solution that's gaining popularity is *not* to remove the user. Period. > Do you see the implications? No package can tell wether a given > user is used only on the current host or not. It usually can't > even tell wether users are kept in a local only configuration > (/etc/passwd for example) or in a shared database (LDAP or MySQL > for example). It should not need to know. adduser/deluser should really be extended to do this transparently. Something make me think that's what adduser-ng is for. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! love your enemies; they'll go crazy trying to figure out what you're up to.
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