Package: ntp-simple Version: 1:4.2.0a+stable-8.1 Severity: important This is a fairly newly installed system - I've installed desktop stuff (i.e. gnome) and other things via tasksel, and then I decided to install ntp-simple (the following messages were originally Norwegian, I translated them back to English, hopefully not too inaccurately):
Setting up ntp-server (4.2.0a+stable-8.1) ... User root does not exist invoke-rc.d: initscript ntp-server, action "start" failed. Setting up ntp-simple (4.2.0a+stable-8.1) ... groupadd: GID 106 is not unique adduser: /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 106 ntp' returned error code 4. Aborting. chown: «ntp:ntp»: invalid user User root does not exist invoke-rc.d: initscript ntp-server, action "restart" failed. Here are some relevant entries from /etc/group: crontab:x:101: Debian-exim:x:102: messagebus:x:103: hal:x:104: gdm:x:105: camera:x:106: scanner:x:107: ssh:x:108: -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-k7 Locale: LANG=nb_NO, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages ntp-simple depends on: ii adduser 3.81 Add and remove users and groups ii libc6 2.3.5-12.1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libcap1 1:1.10-14 support for getting/setting POSIX. ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8a-6 SSL shared libraries ii ntp-server 1:4.2.0a+stable-8.1 Network Time Protocol: common serv ntp-simple recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]