[Trac-bugs] [PC-BSD Trac] #577: User Manager deletes home directory without prompt

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#577: User Manager deletes home directory without prompt
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 Reporter:  Nukama         |      Owner:  tim
     Type:  System Defect  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  critical       |  Milestone:  9.1
Component:  User Manager   |    Version:  9.0-RELEASE
 Keywords:                 |
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 This should be definitely an optional choice. There is a reason for hiding
 this devastating user removal behaviour into a knob only visible after
 reading manpage/help.
 {{{
             -r     This tells pw to remove the user's home directory and
 all
                    of its contents.  The pw utility errs on the side of
 cau-
                    tion when removing files from the system.  Firstly, it
 will
                    not do so if the uid of the account being removed is
 also
                    used by another account on the system, and the 'home'
                    directory in the password file is a valid path that
 com-
                    mences with the character `/'.  Secondly, it will only
                    remove files and directories that are actually owned by
 the
                    user, or symbolic links owned by anyone under the
 user's
                    home directory.  Finally, after deleting all contents
 owned
                    by the user only empty directories will be removed.  If
 any
                    additional cleanup work is required, this is left to
 the
                    administrator.
 }}}

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