--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+# Purge the password history database and remove the _history user and group
+# on package purge. This user should not be used for any other purpose.
+if [ "$1" = purge ] ; then
+ for file in history.db history.db.lock lengths.db lengths.db.lock ; do
+ rm -f "/var/lib/heimdal-history/$file"
+ done
+ deluser --quiet --system _history >/dev/null || true
+fi
+
+# Remove the directory for the password history database on remove if empty.
+if [ "$1" = purge ] || [ "$1" = remove ] ; then
+ rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /var/lib/heimdal-history
+fi
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0