Package: dansguardian Version: 2.8.0.6-antivirus-6.4.4-1 Severity: serious dansguardian fails to configure on etch box. Given the error message, I double-checked, by purging the package, verifying there was no /var/log/dansguardian/, and reinstalling, and got the same error:
Setting up dansguardian (2.8.0.6-antivirus-6.4.4-1) ... Warning: The home dir you specified already exists. Adding system user `dansguardian' (UID 120) ... Adding new group `dansguardian' (GID 123) ... Adding new user `dansguardian' (UID 120) with group `dansguardian' ... The home directory `/var/log/dansguardian' already exists. Not copying from `/etc/skel'. adduser: Warning: that home directory does not belong to the user you are currently creating. Starting DansGuardian: dansguardianError connecting to parent proxy failed! invoke-rc.d: initscript dansguardian, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing dansguardian (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 FWIW, I was trying to install tinyproxy at the same time, and do not have squid installed. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (90, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.2-smp Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages dansguardian depends on: ii adduser 3.100 Add and remove users and groups ii clamav 0.88.6-1 antivirus scanner for Unix ii libbz2-1 1.0.3-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libclama 0.88.6-1 virus scanner library ii libcomer 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-1 common error description library ii libcurl3 7.15.5-1 Multi-protocol file transfer libra ii libesmtp 1.0.3-1+b1 LibESMTP SMTP client library ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-19 GCC support library ii libgmp3c 2:4.2.1+dfsg-4 Multiprecision arithmetic library ii libidn11 0.6.5-1 GNU libidn library, implementation ii libkrb53 1.4.4-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries ii libssl0. 0.9.8c-4 SSL shared libraries ii libstdc+ 4.1.1-19 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii perl 5.8.8-6.1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime dansguardian recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]