Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 8 Dec 1999 13:26:49 +0000 Received: (qmail 2310 invoked from network); 8 Dec 1999 13:26:48 -0000 Received: from yodeller.rising.com.au (mail@203.63.216.19) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 8 Dec 1999 13:26:48 -0000 Received: from hamish by yodeller.rising.com.au with local (Exim 2.05 #1 (Debian)) id 11vh7D-0000W3-00; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 00:26:43 +1100 Message-ID: <19991209002643.A1979@rising.com.au> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 00:26:43 +1100 From: Hamish Moffatt To: submit@bugs.debian.org Subject: base-passwd should not blindly remove user-created groups Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i Sender: Hamish Moffatt Package: base-passwd Version: 3.1.5 I had a group 'dos', gid 35. Obviously, I shouldn't have because it's a reserved number, but anyway, I did. base-passwd should (IMHO) offer to renumber the group, rather than just removing the entry from /etc/groups. Obviously the old gid will still be in use -- but that happens if you just nuke the group too. And nuking it destroys the membership information. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB. CCs of replies on mailing lists are welcome.