Re: locking system users on package removal

2012-06-30 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:36:47 +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: >On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 02:12:45PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: >> [in the preinst] >> > -usermod -U -e '' quake-server >> > +if [ -f /etc/shadow ]; then >> > + usermod -U -e '' quake-server >> > +else >> > + usermod -U

Re: locking system users on package removal

2012-06-30 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 02:12:45PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > On 30/06/12 13:24, Stephan Springl wrote (on Bug #679642): > > quake-server does neither install nor purge properly on systems > > without shadow password because usermod gives an error for its > > e option in this case. > > I took

locking system users on package removal

2012-06-30 Thread Simon McVittie
On 30/06/12 13:24, Stephan Springl wrote (on Bug #679642): > quake-server does neither install nor purge properly on systems > without shadow password because usermod gives an error for its > e option in this case. I took this use of usermod from the discussion on debian-devel regarding Policy bug