On Sun, 12 Mar 2023 23:59:16 +0000 Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I think leaving the logcheck user behind on purge is actually best > practice because it may still own files (eg in /etc/logcheck if that > was stored in a version control system).
This thread reminded me of this logcheck bug: https://lists.debian.org/deity/2023/05/msg00014.html thread says adduser to be removed from 'essential' - logcheck will need to depend on adduser post bookworm There is also this bug against policy asking for a central policy on system users https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621833 - looks like logcheck is indeed following the rough consensus by not removing the user on purge
