On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 21:38:57 +0000, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > It's because of this part: > > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 06:48:34PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > > Preparing to replace snmpd 5.4.1~dfsg-12 (using > > > .../snmpd_5.4.3~dfsg-1_amd64.deb) ... > > > invoke-rc.d: policy-rc.d denied execution of stop. > > > Unpacking replacement snmpd ... > > resulting in: > > > > Setting up snmpd (5.4.3~dfsg-1) ... > > > Installing new version of config file /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf ... > > > Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/snmpd ... > > > Installing new version of config file /etc/default/snmpd ... > > > userdel: user snmp is currently logged in > > > /usr/sbin/deluser: `/usr/sbin/userdel snmp' returned error code 8. > > > Exiting. > > > dpkg: error processing snmpd (--configure): > > > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > and it occurs because the package was upgraded in a chroot, where services > are not allowed to stop or start. > the postinst does:
if [ "x$1" = xconfigure ]; then
if [ ! `getent group snmp >/dev/null` ]; then
deluser --quiet --system snmp
fi
adduser --quiet --system --group --no-create-home --home /var/lib/snmp
snmp
chown -R snmp:snmp /var/lib/snmp
fi
Which seems pretty weird. What is this trying to do?
Cheers,
Julien
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