On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Grahame White wrote: > On Tuesday 19 July 2005 17:48, maximilian attems wrote: <snipp> > > maybe we can grasp which packet added the smmsp user. > > what does belows command on your box show: > > egrep smmsp -r /var/lib/dpkg/info/ > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/sendmail.postrm: # Remove user/group smmsp > /var/lib/dpkg/info/sendmail.postrm: deluser --quiet > smmsp || true; > /var/lib/dpkg/info/sendmail.postrm: userdel smmsp 2>/dev/null > || true; > /var/lib/dpkg/info/sendmail.postrm: groupdel smmsp 2>/dev/null > || true; > > As you said earlier, it looks like a sendmail problem except that I don't > have it installed. I don't recall having ever installed it previously > either. > > Grahame
ok. but does look like removed and not purged after install. you can check the dpkg status, what does that show: dpkg -l sendmail -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]