On 2024-10-05 Joachim Zobel <jz-2...@heute-morgen.de> wrote: > Debian policy 9.2.1 says: "When maintainers choose a new hardcoded or > dynamically generated username for packages to use, they should start > this username with an underscore." By now this requires an
> adduser --allow-bad-names > in the script creating the user. Since I followed this policy, I'll > have to adapt my package vzlogger. Alternatively I could I rename the > user and ignore 9.2.1, the package is only in testing. Or is this a bug > in adduser? Hello, we use the underscore to "minimize collisions with locally created user accounts". adduser requiring a special option to generate users named liked this *also* increases the likelyhood that a local admin will *not* generate a user with conflicting name. So I think you you should continue following policy's guidance. cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'
