Hi, * James Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-08-04 19:08]: > When trying to install fetchmail on my system using apt-get install > fetchmail or aptitude I get the following error: > > <-- SNIP --> > chown: `fetchmail:nogroup': invalid user > dpkg: error processing fetchmail (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > fetchmail > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > <-- SNIP --> > > I also tried to install the 6.2.5-13 package on this system as 6.2.5-13 > works on my etch laptop, but it didn't work here. Basically it > obviously seems to be some sort of problem with it not adding the > fetchmail user. > > So whether this is a package bug or just a quirk on my system, any > suggestions for a work around? Obviously simply adding fetchmail to > /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow should do it, but I don't quite understand > the numbering scheme in /etc/shadow, so I don't want to mess anything > up.
have you tried to manual add the fetchmail user? regards nico -- Nico Golde - JAB: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GPG: 0x73647CFF http://www.ngolde.de | http://www.muttng.org | http://grml.org VIM has two modes - the one in which it beeps and the one in which it doesn't -- encrypted mail preferred
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