Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> writes: > During DebConf, Russ and I reviewed this bug and believe that the only > remaining issue is to document /nonexistent. So I am seeking seconds > for the following patch.
> diff --git a/policy/ch-opersys.rst b/policy/ch-opersys.rst > index e4ed008..7d9e20a 100644 > --- a/policy/ch-opersys.rst > +++ b/policy/ch-opersys.rst > @@ -296,6 +296,18 @@ The UID and GID numbers are divided into classes as > follows: > ``(uid_t)(-1) == (gid_t)(-1)`` *must not* be used, because it is the > error return sentinel value. > > +.. _s-nonexistent: > + > +Non-existent home directories > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > + > +The canonical non-existent home directory is ``/nonexistent``. Users > +who should not have a home directory should have their home directory > +set to this value. > + > +The Debian autobuilders set HOME to ``/nonexistent`` so that packages > +which try to write to a home directory will fail to build. > + > .. _s-sysvinit: > > System run levels and ``init.d`` scripts Seconded. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
