Robert Millan wrote: > 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... >
This is pretty weird. So after the installation you have both a haldaemon user/group, but during the installation postinst aborts with a invalid group error when doing the chown. I'm a bit a puzzled now, really. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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