On 2016-01-22 16:49, Ximin Luo wrote: > Try this: uninstall motion, then `sudo deluser motion`. This should > also automatically delete the motion group as well. If it doesn't > also run `sudo deluser --group motion`. > > Then when you reinstall motion, that directory should be created by > `adduser` when it creates the motion user again. (It is created > motion:motion; if you want motion:adm instead you should probably > edit /etc/adduser.conf, see `man adduser.conf` for more details...) > > I think what happened to you was that you purged motion (or otherwise > removed /var/lib/motion) before. Am I right? The previous purge > behaviour removed /var/lib/motion, which I fixed here: [1] but I > didn't think about what would happen to users that had already done > this. > > To fix this, I will add some logic to the postinst to re-create the > motion user's $HOME if it doesn't already exist *and* it's mentioned > in motion.conf. This condition should allow us to avoid interfering > where the sysadmin removed /var/lib/motion on purpose. Let me know if > you think that will cause problems. > > X > > [1] > https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/users/infinity0/motion.git/commit/?id=7a2c309b65400a24aa68bc502ff94f783e9536cb
I confirm that after removing the package and user as you have described, and installation of the package afterwards, /var/lib/motion has appeared. P.S. Is there any /etc/logrotate.d/motion script that should take care of /var/log/motion/motion.log ? -- With best regards, Dmitry
