Re: adduser/deluser on postinst

2007-08-12 Thread Jonas Meurer
On 11/08/2007 Marc Haber wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >For some code examples which do work (and are used in several > >packages) see: > > > >http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch9.en.html#s-bpp-lower-privs > > Why does this HOWTO suggest replicating code that is alre

Re: adduser/deluser on postinst

2007-08-11 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 23:57:23 +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I think that we should standarise user creation/deletion in maintainer >scripts. Yes. The tool for doing so is adduser. >For some code examples which do work (and are used in several >packages) see: > >h

Re: adduser/deluser on postinst

2007-08-08 Thread Loïc Minier
On Tue, Aug 07, 2007, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > I think that we should standarise user creation/deletion in maintainer > scripts. True; some notes on: -- Loïc Minier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: adduser/deluser on postinst

2007-08-07 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 07:39:58AM +0200, Vincent Bernat wrote: > What do you think ? I think that we should standarise user creation/deletion in maintainer scripts. For some code examples which do work (and are used in several packages) see: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howt

Re: adduser/deluser on postinst

2007-08-03 Thread Loïc Minier
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007, Vincent Bernat wrote: > gdm Fixed in SVN; thanks. -- Loïc Minier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

adduser/deluser on postinst

2007-08-02 Thread Vincent Bernat
Hi ! I need some advice on bug #435671. I agree with the bug reporter that the user handling part of xrdp should be rewritten. I have looked at what is done in other packages and in most of them gentent is used to check the user existence but there is no check that this is really a s