[Bug 237899] Re: fails to remove user, but removes home

[Jonathan Compton]

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** Changed in: adduser (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  fails to remove user, but removes home

Status in adduser package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: adduser

  hardy 8.04
  adduser-3.105ubuntu1

  When "deluser --remove-home testuser" is called while testuser is
  logged in, the home is removed, but not the user account:

  root at maestro:~# deluser --remove-home testuser
  Looking for files to backup/remove ...
  Removing files ...
  Removing user `testuser' ...
  Warning: Removing group `testuser', since no other user is part of it.
  userdel: user testuser is currently logged in
  /usr/sbin/deluser: `/usr/sbin/userdel testuser' returned error code 8. Exiting.

  Now /home/testuser is gone. There is no point in "protecting" the user
  account removal with the logged in check if the home will be removed.

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