Control: merge 250802 -1 On 2010-08-21 13:40 +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:
> reassign 593737 base-passwd > thanks > > Hi, > > On tongersdei 19 Augustus 2010, mzagr...@d.umn.edu wrote: >> Package: mailman >> Version: 1:2.1.11-11+lenny1 >> Severity: normal >> >> When "su - list", the home directory does not exist for the 'list' user. >> /var/list >> >> Also, chapter 5 of the FHS states: >> >> Applications must generally not add directories to the top level of /var. >> Such directories should only be added if they have some system-wide >> implication, and in consultation with the FHS mailing list. >> >> Thus, it seems like /var/list as a home directory for the user 'list' >> violates that section of the FHS. >> >> Thanks for your contribution to free software and Debian. > > The 'list' user is created and maintained by the base-passwd package. > I'm reassigning your request accordingly. This has been reported before in #250802, I'm merging the bugs. The home directory of the list user has been changed to /var/list over twenty years ago in base-passwd 1.2.0-4, apparently for the smartlist package which abuses /var/list to store programs and conffiles there, in gross violation of the FHS and Debian Policy: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=10044. Cheers, Sven
