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gnome-system-tools package

Crontab spool file not deleted with account delete.

Bug #116816 reported by Alan Dugdall
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gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

If you create an account, then install a crontab, then delete the account, the /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> file is not deleted.

If you then recreate the account, the new account is not able to use "crontab -e" as the /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> is still there, created by the original account.

You will always get:

% crontab -e
crontabs/<username>: Permission denied

Until you change the file ownership of the /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> file to the new account.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you? Thanks in advance.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Confirmed on Hardy Heron - deleting a user via users-admin does not remove their /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> file. However, it also does not remove their home directory so I believe this may be by design.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for the report Alan Dugdall , It has been a long time without any comment or a duplicate in this bug report and It is possible that the bug has been fixed. May you please try to reproduce it with the latest Stable Release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal and add the respective comments to the report? You can learn how to get that release at http://www.ubuntu.com/download . Thanks again and we appreciate your help.

Changed in gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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