On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 03:38:07PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Sun, 05 Aug 2007, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > useradd isn't essential either (anymore). I think it's best to just > > leave the user around. > > FWIW, I never ever liked the idea of leaving *system* users around at purge. > If someone is misusing system users, it is his problem. OTOH, leaving > around cruft in the system is not nice. > > IMO, not removing the user when adduser is not around is not a problem, > though, and a easy fix for the bug.
I don't know about amavis, but the user it created might be owning files that aren't even removed after purge. Like log files or something like that. So they'll suddenly end up with a uid that doesn't exist anymore and which later might be reused. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
