On 11/11/99 David Rocher wrote:
it's because other packages aren't allowed to change /etc/passwd (provide by base-passwd) cf Debian Policy Manual. but you are free to remove then!
you mean that packages are not permitted to add users to my system as part of their install process? that's sure fine with me, I rather disliked it when a RPM would go around adding accounts to my system without asking (especially when it does it wrong)...
does base-passwd when upgraded compare the existing passwd file with the one it has and add missing users?
this still does not answer my other question, why are these accounts installed with a valid shell? is this considered a bug in base-passwd?
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