Bug#287899: Vdr should not be released unless this bug is fixed

[Thomas Schmidt]

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* Javier Fern=E1ndez-Sanguino Pe=F1a schrieb am 17.01.05, um 09:08 Uhr:
> > I also think that it would be the best to just keep the user, because=
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> > other packages will use it too (vdradmin and some plugins).
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> The user, if created by the package, should be removed. If other packages=
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> depend on it, they should depend on the package. As for the directories=
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> that belong to the user, just do a=20
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> 	find $directory -uid $CREATEDUID -exec chown root:root {} \;
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> For all of the directories, once you have the UID.
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> The standard procedure when creating users (check other packages) is to a=
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> them in postinst and remove them in postrm, please do it properly.

Well, it seems that there are different opinions in this case - some
developers (you for example) say that system users should be removed
when the package is purged, some say that it is no problem if the
user is not deleted.

After searching i found some interesting discussions about this issue:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2004/10/msg00338.html
http://people.debian.org/~terpstra/message/20040830.032353.ea3ef3a5.en.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/05/msg01156.html

In the case of vdr i think it would be better if we keep the user,
even when the package is purged.

Note: I am not against removing system users on purge at all (the next
revision of vdradmin will create the user vdradmin and will remove it
again on purge), but in this case i do not want to remove the user.


Regards,
Thomas

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Thomas Schmidt
thomas.schmidt@in.stud.tu-ilmenau.de

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