Hello On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 09:33:22PM +0200, Simo Kauppi wrote: > Package: ntop > Version: 3:3.2-1 > Severity: minor > > When isntalling ntop with aptitude, I get nasty warnings from adduser:
Well nasty is a bit harsh but I understand what you mean. > Setting up ntop (3.2-1) ... > Adding system user: ntop. > adduser: Warning: The home dir you specified already exists. > Adding system user `ntop'... > Adding new group `ntop' (116). > Adding new user `ntop' (116) with group `ntop'. > The home directory `/var/lib/ntop' already exists. Not copying from > `/etc/skel' > adduser: Warning: that home directory does not belong to the user you > are currently creating > Starting network top daemon: Fri Nov 11 16:33:29 2005 NOTE: Interface > merge enabled by default > Fri Nov 11 16:33:29 2005 Initializing gdbm databases > > The warnings are probably caused by the fact that ntop installs files > into the /var/lib/ntop directory and then calls the adduser with > --home /var/lib/ntop in the postinst script. > > Maybe the adduser should be in a preinst script, so it would not > get upset. Maybe that is a solution, yes. Regards, // Ola > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (990, 'testing') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.14 > Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-15 > (charmap=ISO-8859-15) > > Versions of packages ntop depends on: > ii adduser 3.77 Add and remove users and groups > ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.58 Debian configuration management > sy > ii libc6 2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared > lib > ii libgd2-noxpm 2.0.33-2 GD Graphics Library version 2 > (wit > ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-2 GNU dbm database routines > (runtime > ii libjpeg62 6b-10 The Independent JPEG Group's > JPEG > ii libpcap0.7 0.7.2-7 System interface for user-level > pa > ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime > ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8a-3 SSL shared libraries > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-4 compression library - runtime > > ntop recommends no packages. > > -- debconf information: > * ntop/user: ntop > * ntop/interfaces: eth0 > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
