Article 5N0MC User maintenance for users created by software packages

User maintenance for users created by software packages

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BigTruss
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Hi all, I have a quick question on what is considered best practice for managing users on Linux systems that are created to manage packages/programs, and whether or not they should be manually removed if the program is uninstalled.

Specifically, I had the dhcpcd package installed on my Arch system. I've since removed the package, (via 'sudo pacman -Rns dhcpcd'), but noticed that the 'dhcpcd' user still exists in my /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files. Should I manually remove the user? Or is this user supposed to stay on the system regardless if the package is installed?latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA latest?i=zcLAEDwIblc:pOxDHxkwvTc:F7zBnMy latest?i=zcLAEDwIblc:pOxDHxkwvTc:V_sGLiP latest?d=qj6IDK7rITs latest?i=zcLAEDwIblc:pOxDHxkwvTc:gIN9vFwzcLAEDwIblc
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