Sebastien, that is an interesting question! sudo userdel --remove -- newuser - This gives the same problem.
However, the manual for userdel says: "On Debian, administrators should usually use deluser(8) instead." So I tried: sudo deluser --remove-home -- newuser - That command worked correctly. Therefore, the conclusion seems to be that the accountsservice should call "/usr/sbin/deluser --remove-home -- <user>" instead of userdel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1009607 Title: User Accounts does not delete all files when deleting a user with an encrypted folder Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: System Settings > User Accounts > delete a user: If the user has an encrypted home folder, this action does not delete his (encrypted) files. This is a potential (though highly unlikely) security vulnerability, as recreating the user can reveal the previous files (as described below). How to duplicate: 1. Create a user with an encrypted folder. The easiest way to do this AFAIK is to install gnome-system tools. Start Users & Groups > Add > (fill in details) & "Encrypt home folder to protect sensitive data". You can see that the user has an encrypted folder: (a) /home/newuser contains two files, viz. Access-Your-Private-Data.desktop and README.txt. (b) /home/.ecryptfs/newuser/.ecryptfs contains a few files. (c) /home/.ecryptfs/newuser/.Private contains a few encrypted files. 3. Log into the new user and create a new file with some information, for example a text file on the Desktop. 4. Log out of the new user. 5. Delete the user and his files. (a) If you do this from gnome-system-tools, this works correctly; it deletes /home/newuser and /home/.ecryptfs/newuser. (b) But, if you do it from System Settings > User Accounts > "-" > Delete Files, although it deletes /home/newuser, it does not delete /home/.ecryptfs/newuser. 6. Recreate the new user with the same password as before. 7. Log into the new user; you will still see the previous file that you created. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jun 6 17:34:00 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301) ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANGUAGE=en_GB:en LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_gnome-control-center: activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu3 deja-dup 22.0-0ubuntu2 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.2-0ubuntu5 indicator-datetime 0.3.94-0ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1009607/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
