Bug#621833: What about userdel?

2012-07-01 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 11:52:40AM +0100, Nicholas Bamber wrote: I am managing a package that does 'userdel' in a purge. Don't do that, use deluser, if you insist. And even that is dangerous. Greetings Marc -- - Marc

Bug#621833: What about userdel?

2012-07-01 Thread Nicholas Bamber
Marc, I inherited it. I had the feeling things were going to be clarified so I was waiting on that clarification. Also if I recall I was trying to raise the issue that half the issue was missed. On 01/07/12 10:56, Marc Haber wrote: On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 11:52:40AM +0100, Nicholas

Bug#621833: What about userdel?

2012-07-01 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 11:15:18AM +0100, Nicholas Bamber wrote: I had the feeling things were going to be clarified so I was waiting on that clarification. That is of course acceptable. Don't break things until Policy forces you to do so ,-) Greetings Marc --

Bug#621833: What about userdel?

2012-07-01 Thread Nicholas Bamber
On 01/07/12 11:25, Marc Haber wrote: On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 11:15:18AM +0100, Nicholas Bamber wrote: I had the feeling things were going to be clarified so I was waiting on that clarification. That is of course acceptable. Don't break things until Policy forces you to do so ,-)

Bug#621833: What about userdel?

2012-07-01 Thread Nicholas Bamber
On 01/07/12 11:25, Marc Haber wrote: On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 11:15:18AM +0100, Nicholas Bamber wrote: I had the feeling things were going to be clarified so I was waiting on that clarification. That is of course acceptable. Don't break things until Policy forces you to do so ,-)

Bug#621833: What about userdel?

2011-05-30 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 29 May 2011, Nicholas Bamber wrote: I am managing a package that does 'userdel' in a purge. It removes the home directory as that contains config files. I am a bit concerned about I've seen that cause data loss. You must make sure the homedir is exactly as you set it when you created

Bug#621833: What about userdel?

2011-05-29 Thread Nicholas Bamber
I am managing a package that does 'userdel' in a purge. It removes the home directory as that contains config files. I am a bit concerned about disabling the account further, because then I will have to add more logic about reenabling it in certain scenarios. -- Nicholas Bamber |