Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 06:12:24PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> In the case of adduser, there is a strong case for not doing deluser at >>> *all* on purge, because it's impossible to ensure that there are no >>> off-line or remote resources referencing the uid/gid. >> This is something that I'd really like to see us sort out in policy, >> since I think we should be able to describe consistent behavior with >> regard to system users and package purging to our users. > http://wiki.debian.org/AccountHandlingInMaintainerScripts That's a great summary of the issues and a really good starting point for trying to figure out what should go into Policy. Thank you! -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
