rpcbind forced userdel/groupdel on package install/upgrade?

Steve Dickson SteveD at redhat.com
Fri Feb 1 16:15:48 UTC 2008



Chuck Anderson wrote:
> Why does rpcbind do this?  Shouldn't usermod be used instead of 
> userdel/useradd?  It means on every single rpcbind package upgrade, 
> the user is deleted and re-added.
I guess on upgrades, there should be a check to ensure 
the 'rpc' user exists... if not then create the user.

But it is overkill removing/creating the rpc on
upgrades... maybe I missed it, but is there a bz open
on this?

steved.




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