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add work by Matthias S. Benkmann which is the inspiration for this project.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:45:01 +0000
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1 #!/bin/sh
2 # Copyright (c) 2004 Matthias S. Benkmann <article AT winterdrache DOT de>
3 # You may do everything with this code except misrepresent its origin.
4 # PROVIDED `AS IS' WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND!
5
6 if [ $# != 1 -o "$1" = '--help' ]; then
7 echo 1>&2 'USAGE: uninstall_package <package-name>'
8 exit 1
9 fi
10 echo
11 echo '# If package '"$1"' has setuid root binaries, then you need to be'
12 echo '# root for the following to work.'
13 echo '# Otherwise, you can do it as user '"$1"'.'
14 echo
15 echo 'forall_direntries_from "'"$1"'" -depth \( -type d -exec echo rmdir {} \; \) -or \( -not -type d -exec echo rm -f {} \; \)'
16 echo
17 echo '# After successfully deleting all files, you may want to remove the'
18 echo '# package user '"$1"'. But remember that if you do that you need to'
19 echo '# remove or change ownership of '"$(eval echo ~"$1")"'. Unless you are'
20 echo '# certain that you will never re-install '"$1"', it is probably better to'
21 echo '# just keep the package user '"$1"' and its home directory around.'
22 echo '# Anyway, if you want to delete the account, you can use the following'
23 echo '# command:'
24 echo
25 echo 'userdel "'"$1"'"'
26 echo
27 echo '# If your /etc/login.defs has USERGROUPS_ENAB set to "yes" (the default),'
28 echo '# then userdel will automatically delete the package user'"'"'s group if'
29 echo '# its name is identical to the user name. Otherwise, if you want to delete'
30 echo '# the package user'"'"'s group, you will need to use the `groupdel'"'"' command.'
31 echo