On Sat, 8 Feb 2020 at 14:18, François Patte < francois.pa...@mi.parisdescartes.fr> wrote:
> Le 08/02/2020 à 18:52, Samuel Sieb a écrit : > > On 2/8/20 9:24 AM, François Patte wrote: > >> What I am now wondering is: why this package created an user when I > >> installed it and did not removed this user when I removed the package? > > > > I don't think any of them do that. Removing a package doesn't remove > > any data created by it, so you will want the ownership to still be > > there. Also, sometimes there are multiple packages using the same user. > > So, why an installation script does not run rkhunter --propupd after the > installation (if it detects that rkhunter is on board) in order to take > care of owner's computer nerves? > rkhunter is not the only tool that tracks such changes, and some sites have ad-hoc systems to track users and usage stats. A packager can't predict what side effects could occur from adding (or removing) a user. Ideally, anyone who uses a package should know if it creates a user, but often such information isn't passed on to sys. admins with the request to install a package. -- George N. White III
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