Re: should postrm script purge system-users?
On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 09:18:48PM +0000, Peymaneh wrote:
> Dear mentors list,
>
> a package that I maintain[1] creates a new system-user and -group ("caddy")
> and creates a homedirectory in /var/lib/caddy upon installation[2] intended
> for the systemd service file.
>
> When purging the package, all of these are currently left on the system.
>
> It was suggested to me that the not only the directories, but also user and
> group should be removed.[3] but i am unsure if purging even users from the
> system could maybe a bad idea, because they still might be owners of other
> files on the system?
>
> The debian wiki and policy only covers removal of files/dirs and does not
> seem to mention the handling of system users..
There is currently no policy on this but the project consensus is that
once created users shouldn't be removed.
See also https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=228692
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