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

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

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Message #8 received at 25080 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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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