Re: deluser on purge (was: Piuparts testing status update)
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
Greetings
Marc
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