Magnus Ekdahl: > "...Note, however, that the postrm cannot rely on any non-essential packages > to be present during the purge phase...." (deluser isn't essential). > If there aren't any way, is this script safe enough?
Why not just run the regular account deletion, and post an error message if it fails? That what I do in a similar situation (lyskom-server): # Remove 'lyskom' user userexist=1 getent passwd lyskom > /dev/null || userexist=0 if test "$userexist" = "1"; then # User did exist echo 'Removing lyskom user.' deluser lyskom || echo 'Could not remove lyskom user' fi I don't think trying to mess with the things manually is a good idea. It's not the end of the world if the account remains after purge if a note has been posted about it, imho. -- \\// Peter - I do not read or respond to mail with HTML attachments. Statement concerning unsolicited e-mail according to Swedish law: http://www.softwolves.pp.se/peter/reklampost.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]