On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 02:08:39PM -0500, leam wrote: > > FYI: You should use useradd (groupadd) to portably create accounts. > > useradd will fail if the account exists. You still have an issue: > > if there's a chance the account was created by something else, you > > need a way to know whether userdel (groupdel) it on package > > removal - same problem you have now with manually adding entries. > useradd would have a problem with the passwords which I can avoid by > doing the same grep thing on shadow.new. We don't tend to mass remove > home directories though we do lock them if the user leaves. Thus > removal is not as much of an issue. Wait -- you're creating an account _with a set password_??? Also, the issue is not (particularly) removal of the home directory, but removal of the account at all. > Should I assume that since no one has answered the actual question that > it can't be done? Sure, you can do it. You can do _anything_. However, not everything is a good idea. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
