On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 11:47:45AM +0200, Vincent Zweije wrote: > Over here at the BSP, the consensus seems to be that: > > a) There is no consensus on a system user should be removed at all, > because when file systems are not mounted at the time the user is > removed, files may be left that do no longer belong to any user.
Backup media might be an issue here as well. > b) In absence of other information, there is a preference to leave the > system user on the system. My take on this: judge for yourself as > package manager if it is likely that there are any files on > unmounted file systems. > > c) If you want to remove the system user, and deluser is gone, you're > pretty much out of luck. It's a best effort thing. Maybe http://wiki.debian.org/AccountHandlingInMaintainerScripts might be of help here? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
