This bug needs to be re-opened, as the previous fix did not account for
the --remove-all-files usage.
deluser --remove-all-files fails to remove the Examples symlink in the more
recent version of adduser in Hardy, adduser 3.105ubuntu1.
deluser --remove-home is OK.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# adduser worik
Adding user `worik' ...
Adding new group `worik' (1001) ...
Adding new user `worik' (1001) with group `worik' ...
Creating home directory `/home/worik' ...
Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for worik
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
Full Name []:
Room Number []:
Work Phone []:
Home Phone []:
Other []:
Is the information correct? [y/N] y
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ls -la /home/worik
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 2 worik worik 4096 2008-06-25 20:24 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2008-06-25 20:24 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 worik worik 220 2008-06-25 20:24 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 worik worik 2940 2008-06-25 20:24 .bashrc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 worik worik 26 2008-06-25 20:24 Examples ->
/usr/share/example-content
-rw-r--r-- 1 worik worik 586 2008-06-25 20:24 .profile
Now to delete the user :-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# deluser --remove-all-files worik
Looking for files to backup/remove ...
Removing files ...
Removing user `worik' ...
Warning: Removing group `worik', since no other user is part of it.
Done.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ls -la /home/worik
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 1001 1001 4096 2008-06-25 20:26 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2008-06-25 20:24 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 1001 1001 26 2008-06-25 20:24 Examples ->
/usr/share/example-content
The problem seems to be that deluser believes ~/Examples is a directory,
and tries to rmdir() it unstead of unlink()ing.
That implies that find_match() is having problems. home_match() assigns
a filename to @files on both -f and -l filetest conditions, which means
that the Examples symlink ends up in both @files and @dirs -- the dual
categorisation is harmless, because by the time rmdir() is called, it
has already been unlink()ed. But the different test structure of
find_match() won't allow dual categorisation.
Changing find_match() to test for -l before -d , and pushing -l results
into @files, fixes the problem. I hope it doesn't introduce others, but
that seems unlikely ...
Patch attached.
** Attachment added: "Makes find_match assign "symlinks to directories" to
@files, not @dirs"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15576258/deluser.34299.patch
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deluser fails to remove home because of Examples link
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/34299
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