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Re: userids introduced by package installs



Just a guess...
but it probably has something to do with another package may
be utilizing that ID....


Phil

On Sat, Jun 08, 2002 at 12:26:48AM -0500, Jor-el wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 	What is the Debian policy on the management of ids which are
> created when packages are installed? On one of my stable systems, I have
> ids like msql, gnats, irc, and www-data present even though the packages
> that probably are responsible for these ids being present are no longer
> installed on the system. Shouldnt the uninstall of the relevant packages
> also remove such ids? Is there some reason why it is impossible to clean
> up such ids when the package is uninstalled?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jor-el
> 
> 
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