tags #326192 wontfix thanks On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:50:18AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > The postgresql-common package does the following to add its system user > "postgres": > > if ! getent passwd postgres > /dev/null; then > adduser --system --quiet --no-create-home --home /var/lib/postgresql > --group --gecos "PostgreSQL administrator" pos > fi > > I suppose this is common usage. > > If, for whatever reason, the "postgres" group already exists, that call > fails: > > adduser: The group `postgres' already exists. > > ($? = 1) > > As a consequence, the whole package installation fails in this case.
Which is a feature. adduser only silently adds a new system user to an existing group if the existing group is a system group. If the existing group is not a system group, adduser assumes that the group name is locally being used for some thing else and refrains from giving a new system user potential privileges on user data. > That makes adduser --system --group a rather fragile combination. I suggest > that the existing group is not really an error and the new user should > simply be added to the existing group. adduser behaves that way if the existing group is a system group. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
