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Bug#1012420: no_del_paths includes /srv?

From	Matt Barry <matt@hazelmollusk.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject	Bug#1012420: no_del_paths includes /srv?
Date	2022-07-23 01:20 +0200
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tags -1 + wontfix
thanks

On Fri, 2022-07-22 at 11:44 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 03:26:24PM -0400, Matt Barry wrote:
> > AIUI /srv is under the purview of the sysadmin; if they decide to
> > set
> > DHOME somewhere under /srv, shouldn't this behave the same as with
> > /home?
> 
> I find it sensible that the default of no_del_path includes /srv. If
> the
> local admin decides to violate FHS by putting a user's home dir
> there,
> they can also change no_del_path. We have user's home directores in
> /var
> as well for a bunch of system users and we still have /var in
> no_del_path's default.

I just looked more carefully at the FHS, and it is clear you are
correct.  cf 3.17.1: "Distributions must take care not to remove
locally placed files in these directories without administrator
permission."  Tagging this wontfix.

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Bug#1012420: no_del_paths includes /srv? Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> - 2022-07-22 11:50 +0200
  Bug#1012420: no_del_paths includes /srv? Matt Barry <matt@hazelmollusk.org> - 2022-07-23 01:20 +0200

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