Debian Bug report logs - #470464
adduser: deluser should ask for confirmation

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: debian@ginguppin.de

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: adduser: deluser should ask for confirmation

Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:08:04 +0100

Package: adduser
Version: 3.106
Severity: important

i just run into #469165 -- and it took me longer to realise what the
meaning of the message mentioned was than the timeout lasted. 
i got 
"Ok, you really want it, I'll delete that account
Looking for files to backup/remove ..."
at which point i hit ctrl+c and certainly hope no harm was done ...

so -- why would one be required to _cancel_ instead of _confirm_ such an
operation as it is done everwhere else where essential information is in danger?

bug #469165 only strengthens that point -- it would be far less
dangerous if one has to confirm the deletion ...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_DK.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages adduser depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.19     Debian configuration management sy
ii  passwd                        1:4.1.0-2  change and administer password and
ii  perl-base                     5.8.8-12   The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis

adduser recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  adduser/homedir-permission: true

Message #10 received at 470464-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org>

To: 470464-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#470464: fixed in adduser 3.107

Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:17:03 +0000

Source: adduser
Source-Version: 3.107

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
adduser, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

adduser_3.107.dsc
  to pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.107.dsc
adduser_3.107.tar.gz
  to pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.107.tar.gz
adduser_3.107_all.deb
  to pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.107_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 470464@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org> (supplier of updated adduser package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.7
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:43:30 +0000
Source: adduser
Binary: adduser
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.107
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Adduser Developers <adduser-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org>
Description: 
 adduser    - add and remove users and groups
Closes: 469165 470464 470847 471705 471903 472349
Changes: 
 adduser (3.107) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Joerg Hoh ]
   * deluser: fix really annoying message about removing root account when removing
     just a simple user. (Closes: #469165, #470464, #470847, #471705, #472349)
 .
   [ Stephen Gran ]
   * Translations:
     - eu (thanks Piarres Beobide <pi@beobide.net>)(closes: #471903)
Files: 
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 85f472ae5cedaea852c487ce7f6bd1e3 264145 admin important adduser_3.107.tar.gz
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