This is the way Unix file permissions work.

Either you need to make sure the user you delete doesn't own any files
before you create a new user, or you should simply disable user accounts
instead of deleting them.


** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

** Visibility changed to: Public

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Reuse of a user id causes a transfer of ownership of a file from deleted user 
to newly created user
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296532
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