Re: deluser on purge
Marc Haber <mh+debian-policy@zugschlus.de> writes:
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 06:12:24PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes:
>>> In the case of adduser, there is a strong case for not doing deluser at
>>> *all* on purge, because it's impossible to ensure that there are no
>>> off-line or remote resources referencing the uid/gid.
>> This is something that I'd really like to see us sort out in policy,
>> since I think we should be able to describe consistent behavior with
>> regard to system users and package purging to our users.
> http://wiki.debian.org/AccountHandlingInMaintainerScripts
That's a great summary of the issues and a really good starting point for
trying to figure out what should go into Policy. Thank you!
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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