GNU bug report logs - #25080
When removing a user, 'guix system reconfigure' does not remove the user's home directory

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 02:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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From: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: When removing a user,
 'guix system reconfigure' does not remove the user's home directory
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 18:00:02 -0800

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Hi,

If you add a user to your operating system configuration file,
reconfigure, remove the user, and reconfigure again, then the user's
home directory will remain.  I expected it to be deleted when I
reconfigured the second time.

Is this expected behavior?

-- 
Chris

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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 25080 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25080: When removing a user,
 'guix system reconfigure' does not remove the user's home directory
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 05:14:36 -0500

Hi,

Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com> writes:
> If you add a user to your operating system configuration file,
> reconfigure, remove the user, and reconfigure again, then the user's
> home directory will remain.  I expected it to be deleted when I
> reconfigured the second time.
>
> Is this expected behavior?

I think (hope?) so.  If I accidentally made a mistake in my system
configuration and it resulted in the deletion of my home directory, I
would be *very* angry and probably never trust GuixSD again.

     Mark
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Message #11 received at 25080 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: 25080 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25080: When removing a user,
 'guix system reconfigure' does not remove the user's home directory
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 03:40:23 -0800

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Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> If you add a user to your operating system configuration file,
>> reconfigure, remove the user, and reconfigure again, then the user's
>> home directory will remain.  I expected it to be deleted when I
>> reconfigured the second time.
>>
>> Is this expected behavior?
>
> I think (hope?) so.  If I accidentally made a mistake in my system
> configuration and it resulted in the deletion of my home directory, I
> would be *very* angry and probably never trust GuixSD again.

Yeah, I think you're right.  Not deleting the directory automatically is
the safe thing to do.  Thanks for confirming the behavior is expected.
This bug report can be closed now.

-- 
Chris

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Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 01 Dec 2016 14:18:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 25080 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com> Request was from ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 01 Dec 2016 14:18:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 30 Dec 2016 12:24:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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