Subject: new to Debian-Sid / Server Admin. KDE-plasma creates user logon I cannot delete.

Hello Team Debian.
I am the System Admin of a small network in which we use a modified version
of Sid (Sky1) on a CiX 8180 RADXA Orion O6. By default Sky1 uses GNOME but
I prefer the KDE Plasma Enviroment. However during the course of changing Desktop Enviroments, i made a typo and instead of installing the
"kde-desktop" package i added "plasma-desktop" and once installed this
package created a login "plasma-setup" with a password unknown to me. I
have tried deluser and userdel, i have tried to change passwd, but neither
of these worked. its user 1100 and its home directory /run/plasma-setup
doesnt appear to exist. i am slightly concerned that this could create a backdoor into my system which contains sensitive ip information. I am
hoping that your team might be able to help me resolve this issue.
thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Joshua McGoldrick
PSYAI LLC


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Subject: Re: new to Debian-Sid / Server Admin. KDE-plasma creates user logon I cannot delete.

On Friday, February 13, 2026 3:11:41?PM Mountain Standard Time Joshua McGoldrick wrote:

Hello Team Debian.
I am the System Admin of a small network in which we use a modified version of Sid (Sky1) on a CiX 8180 RADXA Orion O6. By default Sky1 uses GNOME but
I prefer the KDE Plasma Enviroment. However during the course of changing Desktop Enviroments, i made a typo and instead of installing the "kde-desktop" package i added "plasma-desktop" and once installed this package created a login "plasma-setup" with a password unknown to me. I
have tried deluser and userdel, i have tried to change passwd, but neither
of these worked. its user 1100 and its home directory /run/plasma-setup doesnt appear to exist. i am slightly concerned that this could create a backdoor into my system which contains sensitive ip information. I am
hoping that your team might be able to help me resolve this issue.
thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

Joshua McGoldrick
PSYAI LLC

1. debian-project is not an end-user support list. You are much better off trying debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org.
2. Debian is not usually the correct place to ask for support for downstream derivatives. My system, which has plasma-desktop installed, does not have a plasma-setup user. Are you sure this is something caused by a Debian package and not a customization made by Sky1?
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Soren Stoutner
soren@debian.org


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Subject: Re: new to Debian-Sid / Server Admin. KDE-plasma creates user logon I cannot delete.



Le 14 f‚vrier 2026 00:22:43 GMT+01:00, Soren Stoutner <soren@debian
.org> a ‚critÿ:

1. debian-project is not an end-user support list. You are much bet

ter off

trying debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org.

For user questions it would preferably be debian-kde@lists, we use debian- qt+kde for tools automated message so your mails may not be read so quickly
there.

2. Debian is not usually the correct place to ask for support for down

stream

derivatives.

Yes, I agree.


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Aur‚lien

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Subject: Re: new to Debian-Sid / Server Admin. KDE-plasma creates user logon I cannot delete.

On 2026-02-13, Joshua McGoldrick <rudeboydontplay@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Team Debian.
I am the System Admin of a small network in which we use a modified version of Sid (Sky1) on a CiX 8180 RADXA Orion O6. By default Sky1 uses GNOME but
I prefer the KDE Plasma Enviroment. However during the course of changing Desktop Enviroments, i made a typo and instead of installing the "kde-desktop" package i added "plasma-desktop" and once installed this package created a login "plasma-setup" with a password unknown to me. I

Plasma-setup is a first-time install wizard for distributions that don't
have a dedicated installer. Plasma-setup is not shipped by Debian.

So please take this up with sky1 whatever that is.

/Sune

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