Bug#621833: What about userdel?
On Sun, 29 May 2011, Nicholas Bamber wrote:
> I am managing a package that does 'userdel' in a purge. It removes the
> home directory as that contains config files. I am a bit concerned about
I've seen that cause data loss. You must make sure the homedir is
exactly as you set it when you created the system user. If it isn't,
abort.
If you want to know how bad it can be, we've had once packages that had
/ set as the home dir of system users they created.
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Henrique Holschuh
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