On 2/8/20 10:17 AM, François Patte wrote:
Le 08/02/2020 à 18:52, Samuel Sieb a écrit :
> On 2/8/20 9:24 AM, François Patte wrote:
>> What I am now wondering is: why this package created an user when I
>> installed it and did not removed this user when I removed the package?
>
> I don't think any of them do that. Removing a package doesn't remove
> any data created by it, so you will want the ownership to still be
> there. Also, sometimes there are multiple packages using the same user.
So, why an installation script does not run rkhunter --propupd after the
installation (if it detects that rkhunter is on board) in order to take
care of owner's computer nerves?
I expect that there's an assumption that you know you're installing
something. The usernames are generally pretty obvious.