Please ignore my previous comment. Though we get the same error as in this bug report, ours is caused by our own code involved in finding existing users returning something other then nothing for a non-existing user. My suspicion is post processing of the ntp install tries to create a user and fails because the system reports it already exists.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ntp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1637663 Title: package ntp 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Status in ntp package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: root@ntp-srv001:~# apt-get install ntp Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done ntp is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 86 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Setting up ntp (1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10) ... dpkg: error processing package ntp (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: ntp E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) root@ntp-srv001:~# ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: ntp 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66~14.04.1-generic 4.4.21 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Oct 28 15:24:45 2016 DuplicateSignature: package:ntp:1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-28 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160803) NtpStatus: ntpq: read: Connection refused ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.14 SourcePackage: ntp Title: package ntp 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1637663/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
