On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:59:56PM +0100, bi...@debian.org wrote: > > today I tried to purge the gdm3 package, which in postrm tries to delete > the "Debian-gdm" user it created on installation. This failed though, as > userdel wrongly complained about the user being logged in: > > pluto:~# lastlog -u Debian-gdm > Username Port From Latest > Debian-gdm **Never logged in** > pluto:~# userdel Debian-gdm > userdel: user Debian-gdm is currently logged in
Instead of using lastlog, can you try if Debian-gdm is still executing processes? (something like "ps U Debian-gdm") -- Nekral -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
