Adduser devel - Dec 2007 - Bug#454928: adduser: "Removing group `nogroup'', since no other user is part of it."

Package: adduser
Version: 3.105
Severity: normal

Hi,

$ sudo deluser --remove-home xmppgw
Looking for files to backup/remove ...
Removing files ...
Removing user xmppgw'' ...
Warning: Removing group nogroup'', since no other user is part of it.
Done.
$     

I do not think that it is a good idea to have adduser remove "nogroup"
or any other group that is part of the default install.

Greetings
Marc

On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 01:10:59PM +0100, Marc Haber
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> $ sudo deluser --remove-home xmppgw
> Looking for files to backup/remove ...
> Removing files ...
> Removing user xmppgw'' ...
> Warning: Removing group nogroup'', since no other user is part of
it.
> Done.
> $     
> 
> I do not think that it is a good idea to have adduser remove
"nogroup"
> or any other group that is part of the default install.
Indeed. Can you check if this group still exists on the machine you
encountered this issue?

(deluser currently spits out this warning but does actually nothing about
that empty group ...)

J?rg

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On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 07:40:28PM +0100, Joerg Hoh
wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 01:10:59PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > $ sudo deluser --remove-home xmppgw
> > Looking for files to backup/remove ...
> > Removing files ...
> > Removing user xmppgw'' ...
> > Warning: Removing group nogroup'', since no other user is part
of it.
> > Done.
> > $     
> > 
> > I do not think that it is a good idea to have adduser remove
"nogroup"
> > or any other group that is part of the default install.
> 
> Indeed. Can you check if this group still exists on the machine you
> encountered this issue?
The group still exists, but I do not remember whether I recreated the
group manually.

Greetings
Marc

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Your message dated Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:17:03 +0000
with message-id <E1JVro7-00058i-7e at ries.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#454928: fixed in adduser 3.106
has caused the Debian Bug report #454928,
regarding adduser: "Removing group `nogroup'', since no other user
is part of it."
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