On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 07:06:05PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 06:21:27PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > > >> > >> I'd be interested how it is possible, that a user haldaemon exists, but > >> no group haldaemon. Have you copied /etc/passwd from somewhere else? > >> Do you use something like ldap or NIS (where the haldaemon user is > >> defined). Anything special about your setup. > > > > This is a chroot; I copied /etc/passwd along with /etc/group when creating > > it, but that must have been a while ago. Anyway, the original versions I > > used > > are from an etch system and have both the user and the group. > > So, in the chroot (where you get the failure) you have a /etc/passwd > with a haldaemon user, but a /etc/group with no haldaemon group. Is that > correct?
No, both have it. I have no idea if it was like this before the postinst failure or not. Maybe we won't be able to find out... I still think it'd be a good idea to just check for both things separately without making the assumptions. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
