On Tue, 2022-02-22 at 15:02 +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > adduser --system should enforce policy for system users. The local > administrator is free to ignore Debian policy as they see fit. adduser > should not enforce things on the local admin that don't apply to them. > > Maybe we add, some time in the future, an option --ignore-policy that a > local admin can use, so that maintainer scripts get the support of > policy enforcement.
I agree with this. The strictness should be something that can be disabled if the local administrator so desires. > > If useradd is intended to replace adduser, I would like to know as most > > of my work would be lessened in importance. > > I don't think there is any such intention in Debian. There is simply no > mechanism to bring this forward other than talking and convincing each > and every package maintainer. It would be a ton of work. That's for sure. -- Jason Franklin
