08-31-2009
Parameter to avoid file being deleted by SAM
Good afternoon.
I am a newbie.
We just had a potentially big problem (negated to having good backups).
Basically, there is an option in SAM, to delete all the data from the system that a user ever created.
Lo and behold, silly me, I choose that option, and all sorts of needed files get deleted.
Luckily, we have a good backup.
Unfortunately, I would like to avoid this situation in the future.
Is there a way to choose which directories are *blocked* from being cleared by SAM?
I noticed , from checking thesam_remove.log that the "/var" directory was blocked, for example, but I want the same exclusion for other directories. Is that possible?
Thanks!
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
deluser.conf
deluser.conf(5) File Formats Manual deluser.conf(5)
NAME
/etc/deluser.conf - configuration file for deluser(8) and delgroup(8).
DESCRIPTION
The file /etc/deluser.conf contains defaults for the programs deluser(8) and delgroup(8). Each option takes the form option = value. Dou-
ble or single quotes are allowed around the value. Comment lines must have a hash sign (#) at the beginning of the line.
deluser(8) and delgroup(8) also read /etc/adduser.conf, see adduser.conf(8); settings in deluser.conf may overwrite settings made in
adduser.conf.
The valid configuration options are:
REMOVE_HOME
Removes the home directory and mail spool of the user to be removed. Value may be 0 (don't delete) or 1 (do delete).
REMOVE_ALL_FILES
Removes all files on the system owned by the user to be removed. If this option is activated REMOVE_HOME has no effect. Values may
be 0 or 1.
BACKUP If REMOVE_HOME or REMOVE_ALL_FILES is activated all files are backuped before they are removed. The backup file that is created
defaults to username.tar(.gz|.bz2) in the directory specified by the BACKUP_TO option. The compression method is chosen to the best
that is available. Values may be 0 or 1.
BACKUP_TO
If BACKUP is activated, BACKUP_TO specifies the directory the backup is written to. Default is the current directory.
NO_DEL_PATHS
A list of regular expressions, space separated. All files to be deleted in course of deleting home directories or deleting files
owned by the user to be deleted are checked against each of these regular expressions. If a match is detected, the file is not
deleted. Defaults to a list of system directories, leaving only /home.
In other words: By default only files below /home belonging to that specific user are going to be deleted.
ONLY_IF_EMPTY
Only delete a group if there are no user who belong to this group. Defaults to 0.
EXCLUDE_FSTYPES
A regular expression which describes all file systems which should be excluded when looking for files of a user to be deleted.
Defaults to "(proc|sysfs|usbfs|devpts|tmpfs|afs)".
FILES
/etc/deluser.conf
SEE ALSO
deluser(8), delgroup(8), adduser.conf(5)
Debian GNU/Linux Version 3.113+nmu3 deluser.conf(5)