Bug#982976: systemd-coredump user is created by something other than its derived systemd packages

[Michael Biebl]

Am 17.02.21 um 17:50 schrieb Eric Desrochers:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 247.2-5
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: eric.desrochers at canonical.com
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Detailled informations can be found in https://launchpad.net/bugs/1915936
> 
> Basically, systemd-coredump system user get created via systemd-sysusers and
> default its home directory to "/", and this happen even if systemd-coredump
> binary pkg isn't installed. The maintainer script (postinst) in systemd src
> code for systemd-coredump has a different  home directory "/run/systemd".

/usr/lib/sysusers.d/systemd.conf is shipped by the systemd package (and 
contains the definition for the systemd-coredump user.
I don't think it's really worth splitting up that file, fwiw.

Is there actually a problem or mainly a cosmetic issue that the home 
directories differ?

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