From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Enge Subject: bug#19795: Allow for stateless users and groups in GuixSD Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 10:10:23 +0100 Message-ID: <20150207091023.GA12524@debian> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51211) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YK1Q3-0002na-RF for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 04:11:16 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YK1Py-000852-SJ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 04:11:15 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:44839) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YK1Py-00084y-Pe for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 04:11:10 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YK1Pq-0002Z6-AL for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 04:11:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Thompson, David" Cc: 19795@debbugs.gnu.org Hello, I agree, it is rather surprising that removing a user does not remove it. So I think it should be fully stateless (as long as the user's home directory is not erased, of course; so this should remain as a state and be reactivated once the user is available again, which could cause problems with user names vs. numbers). Andreas