[Bug 311277] Re: amavisd-new broken user (again) Intrepid

Martin Pitt martin.pitt at ubuntu.com
Wed Feb 11 12:25:37 GMT 2009


Sorry, it is a very bad practice to remove system users on package
purge. There might still be files or processes left which belong to that
user, and the next time you install a package which creates a new system
user, that new one would suddenly inherit those files/processes.

Instead, the installation should be made more robust, so that an already
existing user is just checked that it has correct properties (system
user, etc.)

** Changed in: amavisd-new (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Incomplete

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amavisd-new broken user (again) Intrepid
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