Bug#333627: marked as done (Purging package does not remove Debian-exim user)

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From: George-Cristian =?iso-8859-1?Q?B=EErzan?= <gcbirzan at rdsct.ro>
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Subject: Purging package does not remove Debian-exim user
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Package: exim4-config
Version: 4.54-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

There's a # that needs to be removed in the postrm script for that to
happen.

-- Package-specific info:
Exim version 4.54 #1 built 04-Oct-2005 10:01:38
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2005
Berkeley DB: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.2.52: (December  3, 2003)
Support for: crypteq iconv() IPv6 GnuTLS
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz dsearch nis nis0 passwd
Authenticators: cram_md5 plaintext
Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect
Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore autoreply lmtp pipe smtp
Fixed never_users: 0
Configuration file is /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
# /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
#
# Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf
# yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'
#
# Please note that this is _not_ a dpkg-conffile and that automatic changes
# to this file might happen. The code handling this will honor your local
# changes, so this is usually fine, but will break local schemes that mess
# around with multiple versions of the file.
#
# update-exim4.conf uses this file to determine variable values to replace
# the DEBCONFsomethingDEBCONF strings in the configuration template files.
#
# Most settings found in here do have corresponding questions in the
# Debconf configuration, but not all of them.
#
# This is a Debian specific file

dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost'
dc_other_hostnames='hephaestus.rdsct.ro rdsct.ro'
dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1'
dc_readhost='hephaestus.rdsct.ro'
dc_relay_domains=''
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets=''
dc_smarthost='mail.rdsct.ro'
CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='true'
dc_hide_mailname='true'
dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
mailname:hephaestus.rdsct.ro

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers experimental
  APT policy: (500, 'experimental'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686-smp
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages exim4-config depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.71       Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.4.58     Debian configuration management sy

exim4-config recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  exim4/dc_noalias_regenerate: false
* exim4/dc_smarthost: mail.rdsct.ro
  exim4/dc_relay_domains:
* exim4/dc_relay_nets:
* exim4/mailname: hephaestus.rdsct.ro
* exim4/dc_local_interfaces: 127.0.0.1
* exim4/dc_minimaldns: false
  exim4/exim3_upgrade: true
* exim4/dc_other_hostnames: hephaestus.rdsct.ro rdsct.ro
* exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype: mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail
* exim4/no_config: true
* exim4/hide_mailname: true
* exim4/dc_postmaster: gcbirzan
* exim4/dc_readhost: hephaestus.rdsct.ro
* exim4/use_split_config: true
  exim4/internal/exim4-config.reconfigure: false
  exim4/exim4-config-title:

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--- /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-config.postrm	2005-10-04 13:03:21.000000000 +0300
+++ exim4-config.postrm	2005-10-13 03:40:31.957343795 +0300
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		/etc/exim4 /var/lib/exim4 2> /dev/null || true
 	rm -f /etc/default/exim4
 	# remove user
-	#deluser  --quiet Debian-exim > /dev/null || true
+	deluser  --quiet Debian-exim > /dev/null || true
 	;;
 esac
 

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Subject: Re: Bug#333627: Purging package does not remove Debian-exim user
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On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 03:41:52AM +0300, George-Cristian Bîrzan wrote:
> Subject: Re: Bug#333627: Purging package does not remove Debian-exim user
> There's a # that needs to be removed in the postrm script for that to
> happen.

That's - unfortunately - a feature and best current practice. There
might still be files around belonging to Debian-exim, and removing it
might cause its UID to be re-used at a later time, which in turn can
result in data exposure.

Greetings
Marc

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