[Bug 1840375] Re: groupdel doesn't support extrausers

[Michael Vogt]

I uploaded SRUs for xenial,bionic,disco now.

** Description changed:

  snapd needs the ability to call 'groupdel --extrausers foo' to clean up
  after itself, but --extrausers is currently unsupported.
+ 
+ [Impact] 
+ On ubuntu-core systems we want to be able to manage "extrausers" in the same
+ way as regular users. This requires updates to the various {user,group}{add,del} tools. Right now "groupdel" cannot handle extrausers.
+ 
+ This is an important feature for Ubuntu Core
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ 1. install the libnss-extrausers and configure it
+ 2. run "groupadd --extrausers foo"
+ 3  check /var/lib/extrausers/group for the new "foo" group
+ 4. run "groupdel --extrausers foo"
+ 5. check /var/lib/extrausers/group and ensure the "foo" group is removed
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ 
+  * low: this adds a new (optional) option which is off by default

** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => In Progress

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Title:
  groupdel doesn't support extrausers

Status in snapd:
  New
Status in shadow package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in shadow source package in Xenial:
  New
Status in shadow source package in Bionic:
  New
Status in shadow source package in Disco:
  New

Bug description:
  snapd needs the ability to call 'groupdel --extrausers foo' to clean
  up after itself, but --extrausers is currently unsupported.

  [Impact] 
  On ubuntu-core systems we want to be able to manage "extrausers" in the same
  way as regular users. This requires updates to the various {user,group}{add,del} tools. Right now "groupdel" cannot handle extrausers.

  This is an important feature for Ubuntu Core

  [Test Case]
  1. install the libnss-extrausers and configure it
  2. run "groupadd --extrausers foo"
  3  check /var/lib/extrausers/group for the new "foo" group
  4. run "groupdel --extrausers foo"
  5. check /var/lib/extrausers/group and ensure the "foo" group is removed

  [Regression Potential]

   * low: this adds a new (optional) option which is off by default

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