On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 09:49:49PM +0200, Thomas Goirand wrote: > On 05/27/2017 01:48 AM, Geert Stappers wrote: > >> On 05/25/2017 10:59 AM, Geert Stappers wrote: > >>> Both http://mlmmj.org/docs/readme-exim4/ and > >>> http://mlmmj.org/docs/readme-postfix/ > >>> say to create a mlmmj user. > > > > Those who want to use that mlmmj user will benefit from the "postinst > > adduser". > > But those who don't will have a useless user setup *every time* the > package is upgraded.
Code from the patch, note the 'if' statement + # Create dedicated mlmmj user + if ! getent passwd mlmmj > /dev/null; then + adduser --system --quiet \ + --home /var/spool/mlmmj --no-create-home \ + --shell /bin/false --ingroup mlmmj \ + --gecos "Mailing List Management Made Joyful" \ + mlmmj + fi That 'if' statement makes > But those who don't will have a useless user setup *every time* the > package is upgraded. into } But those who don't will have a useless user setup Right now we are talking about entries in /etc/passwd and /etc/group that _might not_ be used. Could we go back to /etc/passwd /etc/group entries that _are_ being used? Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven
