On 15.11.2010 23:12, Nicolas François wrote: > 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") >
There was indeed a process running under the Debian-gdm uid: 1419 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authenticatio I tried to reproduce the problem (install and uninstall gdm3) but failed so far, so I'm not sure what to do about this bug. At least the error message was a bit misleading. If it had said something like: the following processes are still running under that user uid ... it would have been more obvious to me what was going on. Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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