Package: ntp Version: 1:4.2.6.p2+dfsg-1+b2 Severity: important Tags: sid If the user "ntp" already exists, the group "ntp" might not get created by the postinst script, but the very next line tries to reference it:
if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then adduser --system --quiet --group --no-create-home ntp || : chown -R ntp:ntp /var/lib/ntp /var/log/ntpstats fi Fix suggestion: if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then addgroup --system --quiet ntp || : adduser --system --quiet --ingroup ntp --no-create-home ntp || : chown -R ntp:ntp /var/lib/ntp /var/log/ntpstats fi -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages ntp depends on: ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups ii dpkg 1.16.0.2 Debian package management system ii libc6 2.11.2-13 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcap2 1:2.20-1 support for getting/setting POSIX. ii libedit2 2.11-20080614-2 BSD editline and history libraries ii libopts25 1:5.10-1.1 automated option processing librar ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.0d-2 SSL shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-27 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii netbase 4.45 Basic TCP/IP networking system Versions of packages ntp recommends: ii perl 5.10.1-20 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction Versions of packages ntp suggests: pn ntp-doc <none> (no description available) -- Configuration Files: /etc/ntp.conf changed [not included] -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org