rpm -e package does not remove entry from /etc/passwd












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I've been playing around with Splunk and got some questions:





  1. I have installed it using




    rpm -iv splunk-7.2.3-06d57c595b80-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm




  2. I removed it next using




rpm -e splunk-7.2.3-06d57c595b80.x86_64




My question is, why didn't rpm remove the Splunk user from /etc/passwd ? Also I'm a bit puzzled why removing via splunk-7.2.3-06d57c595b80-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm did not work (but the installation did) and I had to get the actual package name with rpm -qa | grep splunk first?



Is this related to the Splunk rpm package or rather standard?






centos rpm







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    It's a general policy issue (and likely a duplicate). Removing a user requires one to ensure that there are no leftover files belonging to the deleted user.
    – Thomas Dickey
    1 hour ago










  • @ThomasDickey Thank you. What do you mean "general policy issue"?
    – blablatrace
    1 hour ago






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    Leaving files owned by an unspecified user (only a number) is considered by some a security problem. Reducing problems like that is a policy. See this
    – Thomas Dickey
    59 mins ago


















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I've been playing around with Splunk and got some questions:





  1. I have installed it using




    rpm -iv splunk-7.2.3-06d57c595b80-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm




  2. I removed it next using




rpm -e splunk-7.2.3-06d57c595b80.x86_64




My question is, why didn't rpm remove the Splunk user from /etc/passwd ? Also I'm a bit puzzled why removing via splunk-7.2.3-06d57c595b80-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm did not work (but the installation did) and I had to get the actual package name with rpm -qa | grep splunk first?



Is this related to the Splunk rpm package or rather standard?






centos rpm







share|improve this question




















  • 1




    It's a general policy issue (and likely a duplicate). Removing a user requires one to ensure that there are no leftover files belonging to the deleted user.
    – Thomas Dickey
    1 hour ago










  • @ThomasDickey Thank you. What do you mean "general policy issue"?
    – blablatrace
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    Leaving files owned by an unspecified user (only a number) is considered by some a security problem. Reducing problems like that is a policy. See this
    – Thomas Dickey
    59 mins ago
















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I've been playing around with Splunk and got some questions:





  1. I have installed it using




    rpm -iv splunk-7.2.3-06d57c595b80-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm




  2. I removed it next using




rpm -e splunk-7.2.3-06d57c595b80.x86_64




My question is, why didn't rpm remove the Splunk user from /etc/passwd ? Also I'm a bit puzzled why removing via splunk-7.2.3-06d57c595b80-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm did not work (but the installation did) and I had to get the actual package name with rpm -qa | grep splunk first?



Is this related to the Splunk rpm package or rather standard?






centos rpm







share|improve this question















I've been playing around with Splunk and got some questions:





  1. I have installed it using




    rpm -iv splunk-7.2.3-06d57c595b80-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm




  2. I removed it next using




rpm -e splunk-7.2.3-06d57c595b80.x86_64




My question is, why didn't rpm remove the Splunk user from /etc/passwd ? Also I'm a bit puzzled why removing via splunk-7.2.3-06d57c595b80-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm did not work (but the installation did) and I had to get the actual package name with rpm -qa | grep splunk first?



Is this related to the Splunk rpm package or rather standard?






centos rpm




centos rpm






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    It's a general policy issue (and likely a duplicate). Removing a user requires one to ensure that there are no leftover files belonging to the deleted user.
    – Thomas Dickey
    1 hour ago










  • @ThomasDickey Thank you. What do you mean "general policy issue"?
    – blablatrace
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    Leaving files owned by an unspecified user (only a number) is considered by some a security problem. Reducing problems like that is a policy. See this
    – Thomas Dickey
    59 mins ago
















  • 1




    It's a general policy issue (and likely a duplicate). Removing a user requires one to ensure that there are no leftover files belonging to the deleted user.
    – Thomas Dickey
    1 hour ago










  • @ThomasDickey Thank you. What do you mean "general policy issue"?
    – blablatrace
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    Leaving files owned by an unspecified user (only a number) is considered by some a security problem. Reducing problems like that is a policy. See this
    – Thomas Dickey
    59 mins ago










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It's a general policy issue (and likely a duplicate). Removing a user requires one to ensure that there are no leftover files belonging to the deleted user.
– Thomas Dickey
1 hour ago




It's a general policy issue (and likely a duplicate). Removing a user requires one to ensure that there are no leftover files belonging to the deleted user.
– Thomas Dickey
1 hour ago












@ThomasDickey Thank you. What do you mean "general policy issue"?
– blablatrace
1 hour ago




@ThomasDickey Thank you. What do you mean "general policy issue"?
– blablatrace
1 hour ago




1




1




Leaving files owned by an unspecified user (only a number) is considered by some a security problem. Reducing problems like that is a policy. See this
– Thomas Dickey
59 mins ago






Leaving files owned by an unspecified user (only a number) is considered by some a security problem. Reducing problems like that is a policy. See this
– Thomas Dickey
59 mins ago

















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