tags #351480 confirmed patch moreinfo reassign #351480 adduser thanks On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 03:16:27PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > I guess it's a adduser bug;
It is. > adduser --system --group --home /var/spool/exim4 --no-create-home \ > --disabled-login --force-badname Debian-exim > /dev/null > > is failing due to new adduser. Looks like adduser 3.81 does falsely assume that uid and gid can be equal. Can you try the following patch? --- adduser (revision 458) +++ adduser (working copy) @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ printf STDERR gtx("No UID/GID pair is available in the range %d-%d (FIRST_SYS_UID - LAST_SYS_UID).\n"),$config{"first_system_uid"},$config{"last_system_uid"}; dief (gtx("The user %s' was not created.\n"),$new_name); } - $new_gid = $new_uid; + $new_gid = &first_avail_gid($config{"first_system_gid"},$config{"last_system_gid"}); $ingroup_name = $new_name; } elsif (!defined($new_uid) && !$make_group_also) { Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]