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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP] User and group management via dedicated packages
Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 16:40:30
Message-Id: 3e8e99f0-ae88-d8b8-6ca4-d12eb8b348f2@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP] User and group management via dedicated packages by "Michał Górny"
1 On 5/29/19 3:28 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
2 >
3 > Home directory ownership
4 > ------------------------
5 >
6 > If the user in question uses a regular home directory (i.e. not
7 > ``/dev/null``), the user package should maintain the directory
8 > via ``keepdir`` command. This allows for clean removal of the home
9 > directory if it is no longer needed. The package manager will also
10 > apply correct permissions if the directory does not exist yet.
11 >
12
13 This made complete sense when removal of the user package implied
14 removal of the system user. It's still not a big deal, but this could
15 delete the empty home directory of a valid (but locked) user account.
16
17 I don't feel strongly either way, just pointing it out.