My understanding is that this isn't catastrophic and that no files have been deleted:
https://bugs-devel.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=588872 https://askubuntu.com/questions/627646/strange-output-when-deleting-user ** Bug watch added: bugs-devel.debian.org/ #588872 https://bugs-devel.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=588872 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to adduser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1890520 Title: catastrophic bug with deluser command -- destroys large number of system files Status in adduser package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I installed rygel and created a specific rygel user to run it with (as directed by the docs). I then realized a specific user was not needed. To reverse my steps, I ran deluser which proceeded to delete lots of files that have nothing to do with the rygel user: root@host:~# adduser --home /home/rygel --disabled-password --disabled-login --gecos 'Rygel media server' rygel root@host:~# sudo su - rygel rygel@host:$ systemctl start rygel rygel@host:$ exit root@host:~# deluser --remove-home --remove-all-files rygel Looking for files to backup/remove ... /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /etc/systemd/system/mdm.service /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /etc/systemd/system/samba-ad-dc.service /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /etc/systemd/system/cgmanager.service /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /etc/systemd/system/cgproxy.service /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcsa7 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcsu7 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcs7 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/gpiochip0 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/dvdrw /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/dvd /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/cdrw /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/zfs /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vhost-vsock /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vhost-net /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/uhid /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vhci /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/userio /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/nvram /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/btrfs-control /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/cuse /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/autofs /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sde /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sdd /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sdc /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sdb /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sg5 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sg4 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sg3 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sg2 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcsa6 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcsu6 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcs6 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcsa5 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcsu5 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcs5 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcsa4 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcsu4 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcs4 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcsa3 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcsu3 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcs3 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcsa2 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcsu2 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/vcs2 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/hidraw2 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/hidraw1 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/cdrom /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/hidraw0 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/fb0 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/i2c-5 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/i2c-4 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/i2c-3 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/i2c-2 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/i2c-1 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/i2c-0 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/rtc /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/stderr /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/stdout /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/stdin /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sda6 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sda5 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sda3 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sda2 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sda1 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sg1 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sr0 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sda /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/sg0 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/cpu_dma_latency /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/mcelog /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/rtc0 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/uinput /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/psaux /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ppp /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/udmabuf /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/loop7 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/loop6 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/loop5 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/loop4 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/loop3 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/loop2 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/loop1 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/loop0 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/loop-control /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/hwrng /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/hpet /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyprintk /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS31 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS30 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS29 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS28 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS27 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS26 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS25 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS24 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS23 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS22 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS21 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS20 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS19 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS18 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS17 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS16 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS15 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS14 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS13 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS12 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS11 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS10 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS9 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS8 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS7 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS6 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS5 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS4 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS3 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS2 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS1 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ttyS0 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ptmx /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/fuse /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/ecryptfs /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/snapshot /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty63 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty62 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty61 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty60 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty59 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty58 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty57 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty56 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty55 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty54 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty53 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty52 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty51 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty50 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty49 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty48 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty47 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty46 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty45 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty44 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty43 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty42 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty41 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty40 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty39 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty38 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty37 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty36 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty35 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty34 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty33 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty32 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty31 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty30 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty29 /usr/sbin/deluser: Cannot handle special file /dev/tty28 ... etc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/adduser/+bug/1890520/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
