[Fedora] 'userdel' irony -- what do you say ?

[Sawrub]

On 05/31/2010 09:47 AM, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
>
> So this would be my guess:
>
> The first time you invoked userdel, it removed the user from the 
> system (/etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/shadow) but didn't delete 
> the home folder because according to lastlog the user was still logged 
> in.  When you invoked it a second time, it failed because the user no 
> longer exists -- after all, it deleted the entries from the various 
> system files.  Which left you with all the files in the home folder ...
>
> Either way, this sounds like a problem with userdel which, if you can 
> recreate it, needs to be reported as a bug.
>
> *From:* users-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org 
> [mailto:users-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org] *On Behalf Of *sawrub
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 30, 2010 10:12 PM
> *To:* Community support for Fedora users
> *Subject:* [Fedora] 'userdel' irony -- what do you say ?
>
> Hi List,
>
> I created a user by the name test, and after doing with my testing was 
> going to delete the user using the following command, userdel and also 
> added '-f' for cleaning out the home without leaving any traces of 
> 'test'. But the command says :
>
> [root at xbox ~]# userdel -f test
> userdel: user test is currently logged in
>
> Then i noticed that a tab in terminal was open with the user logged 
> in. Closed the TAB and again tried to remove the user. And to irony 
> the user was already gone as now the command said :.
>
> [root at xbox ~]# userdel -f test
> userdel: user 'test' does not exist
>
> Tried listing the files and all were there intact.
>
> [root at xbox ~]# ll ////home/test//
> .bash_history          .bash_profile          .dbus/                 
> firefox-3.6.4.tar.bz2  .gconfd/               .gnome2_private/       
> .pulse-cookie
> .bash_logout           .bashrc                firefox/               
> .gconf/                .gnome2/               .mozilla/
> [root at xbox ~]#
>
> I'm totally lost that how is parameter working fully against what man 
> says about it, pert manual
>
>
> -f, --force
>            This option forces the removal of the user account, even if 
> the user is still logged in. It also forces userdel to remove the 
> user´s home directory and mail spool, even if another user uses the 
> same home directory or if the mail spool is not owned by the specified 
> user. If USERGROUPS_ENAB is defined to yes in /etc/login.defs and if a 
> group exists with the same name as the deleted user, then this group 
> will be removed, even if it is still the primary group of another user.
>
> Seems that there is some issue with the command parameter, what do you 
> say ? is there some issue or Am i wrong somewhere.
>
> -- 
> Saurabh Sharma
> Linux user number: 490644
> http://sawrub-blog.blogspot.com/
> Open your doors.......It's time to look beyond Windows

Its easily reproducible...


-- 
Saurabh Sharma
Linux user number: 490644
http://sawrub-blog.blogspot.com/
Open your doors.......It's time to look beyond Windows

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