[dropping the mailing list] On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:20:27AM -0500, Jaime Frey wrote: > I like the idea of allowing the use of an existing 'condor' account > that we can reasonably verify can't be logged into. I presume the > packaging would have to remember that it didn't create the account, so > that it leaves the account in place on uninstall.
Debian packages typically do not remove user they created. It is not very robust (files might be left behind with invalid UIDs ...). What is typically done, is to lock down a system user when the package is removed. In Condor's case this is not necessary, as the user is already locked down from the very beginning. Michael -- Michael Hanke http://mih.voxindeserto.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
