2008-05-04 18:50:13 +0200, Alexander Wirt: [...] > > the thing is that the user here was created with a home > > directory of /var/log/nagios, so I did a grep -r on the source > > package and found the line above in the nagios.spec file. > nagios.spec? Debian don't uses spec files.
You're right, it seems to be coming from the original nagios source: $ tar tf nagios3_3.0.1.orig.tar.gz | grep spec nagios-3.0.1/nagios.spec Maybe that's where nagios-nrpe maintainers found inspiration from for creating the nagios user and its home directory in /var/log/nagios. > > I can see now that line you quote in > > ./debian/nagios3-common.postinst > > > > So it seems the culprit is nagios-nrpe-server: > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/nagios-nrpe-server.preinst: adduser > > --system --group --no-create-home --home /var/log/nagios --quiet > > nagios > Which is not nagios3. I reassigned the bug to nagios-nrpe. agreed thanks. > > I don't think /var/run/nagios3 is a good choice for a home > > directory. /var/run is meant to be non-permanent, and a home > > directory is meant to be the area where to *store* information > > relevant to a user > As I said its questionable and will propably changed to /var/lib/nagios3 in > the near future. [...] I agree it would make more sense. regards, Stephane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
