Hi, Thanks for taking time to reply to this strange issue...
On 04/05/2021 08:39, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 04:46:42AM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: >> Touching files under $HOME in a postrm script is obviously a bad idea. >> However, a colluegue insists in trying to make me do this. > Under which of the home dirs? Normally it just doesn't make sense to find > all real users and then find and access their homedirs, especially taking > into account various complex setups. >> Just to resolve this issue: is the the limitations on what files which >> can be touched by a packaging script documented somewhere? >> >> I have been skimming through the Policy Manual, but no luck. Did I miss >> something? Is it somewhere else? Or is it just an undocumented "good >> judgment" thing? > I think it's the latter, together with what I said above. On 04/05/2021 08:54, Geert Stappers wrote: > Describe the original goal, tell what you want to achieve. > Why the need for touching files under $HOME. It's certainly not what *I* want to achieve... Anyway, your replies are most useful to sort out this situation. I will invite my colleague pursue his arguments here, should he feel he needs more input. Again: thanks for your replies! Cheers! --alec
