Re: how to forbid debhelper to modify /home ?
On Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 07:57:44AM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 11:14:45AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > how can I tell the debhelper scripts to not install home directories
> > for system services in /home (managed on a remote host in my environment),
> > but to use /var/lib instead?
> >
> That sounds like potentially buggy behavior. Can you give a specific
> example?
Out of curiosity, I checked my system to see if there were any system
users with home directories under /home. The only one I found is "ntp".
Then I looked at the ntp.postinst script, and it has this:
adduser --system --quiet --ingroup ntp --no-create-home --home /nonexistent ntp
So presumably my ntp user with /home/ntp as its home directory is from
an older Debian release, and if it had been created under bullseye, it
would look different.
Granted, I have only my specific subset of Debian packages installed,
and there could be others that still make system user home directories
in /home. We'll have to await further details from the OP.
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