On tis, 2012-03-27 at 14:15 +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > Am 27.03.2012 09:04, schrieb Kurt Roeckx: > > Which script are you talking about? I do not see the path > > mentioned in any of them. > /var/lib/dpkg/info$ grep adduser ntp* > ntp.postinst: adduser --system --quiet --ingroup ntp > --no-create-home > ntp > > While this doesn't create a directory, it sets the home dir to the > default /home/<user> in /etc/passwd: > $ grep ntp /etc/passwd > ntp:x:102:104::/home/ntp:/bin/false
We could set it to /var/lib/ntp instead, but changing it on upgrade sounds a bit hairy. I think it's also kind of a bug in adduser that it creates system users with a home directory under /home. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org