Bug#684463: condor fails to install if condor user already exists
Package: condor Version: 7.8.1~dfsg.1-1~nd12.04+1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Hi! when I try to install condor on a machine where the condor user already exists (either because the machine uses LDAP authentication and condor user is in LDAP or because I am just re-installing or upgrading condor), the configuration step fails with: Setting up condor (7.8.1~dfsg.1-1~nd60+1) ... adduser: The user `condor' already exists. Exiting. dpkg: error processing condor (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 configured to not write apport reports Errors were encountered while processing: condor E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up condor (7.8.1~dfsg.1-1~nd60+1) ... adduser: The user `condor' already exists. Exiting. dpkg: error processing condor (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: condor I am somehow unsure what is happening, because I have this also on a machine where condor is already installed and working, but: hamxxx ~ # dpkg-reconfigure condor /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: condor is broken or not fully installed hamxxx ~ # condor_q -- Submitter: hamxxx : 172.29.xxx.xxx:40590 : hamxxx ID OWNERSUBMITTED RUN_TIME ST PRI SIZE CMD 2586.0 xxx 8/9 15:50 0+05:36:39 R 0 43.9 bash_lc_var_5 2586 2586.1 xxx 8/9 15:50 0+05:36:39 R 0 43.9 bash_lc_var_5 2586 [...] this happens on squeeze, wheezy and ubuntu precise... am I doing something wrong? thank you, tiziano -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers precise-updates APT policy: (500, 'precise-updates'), (500, 'precise-security'), (500, 'precise') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages condor depends on: ii adduser 3.113ubuntu2 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.42ubuntu1 ii libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10 ii libclassad3 7.8.1~dfsg.1-1~nd12.04+1 ii libcomerr2 1.42-1ubuntu2 ii libcurl37.22.0-3ubuntu4 ii libdate-manip-perl 6.25-1 ii libexpat1 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1 ii libgcc1 1:4.6.3-1ubuntu5 ii libglobus-common0 14.5-1 ii libglobus-ftp-control1 4.2-1 ii libglobus-gass-transfer27.1-1 ii libglobus-gram-client3 12.3-2 ii libglobus-gsi-credential1 5.1-1 ii libglobus-gsi-proxy-core0 6.1-1 ii libglobus-gsi-sysconfig15.1-1 ii libglobus-gss-assist3 8.1-1 ii libglobus-gssapi-gsi4 10.2-1 ii libglobus-io3 9.2-1 ii libglobus-rsl2 9.1-2 ii libglobus-xio0 3.2-1 ii libgsoap1 2.8.4-2 ii libk5crypto31.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.3 ii libkrb5-3 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.3 ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4.1 ii libpcre38.12-4 ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.3 ii libstdc++6 4.6.3-1ubuntu5 ii libuuid12.20.1-1ubuntu3 ii libvirt00.9.8-2ubuntu17.3 ii neurodebian-popularity-contest 0.28~nd12.04+1 ii perl5.14.2-6ubuntu2 ii python 2.7.3-0ubuntu2 Versions of packages condor recommends: ii dmtcp 1.2.5-1~nd12.04+1 Versions of packages condor suggests: pn coop-computing-tools none -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#684463: condor fails to install if condor user already exists
Hi, On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 10:30:36AM +0200, Tiziano Zito wrote: Package: condor Version: 7.8.1~dfsg.1-1~nd12.04+1 Where does this version come from? Debian has 7.8.1~dfsg.1-2 in Wheezy and Sid. when I try to install condor on a machine where the condor user already exists (either because the machine uses LDAP authentication and condor user is in LDAP or because I am just re-installing or upgrading condor), the configuration step fails with: Setting up condor (7.8.1~dfsg.1-1~nd60+1) ... adduser: The user `condor' already exists. Exiting. dpkg: error processing condor (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 This does not happen with 7.8.1~dfsg.1-2 on my machine. The user is created once and then adduser silently ignores the calls because of the --system switch. this happens on squeeze, wheezy and ubuntu precise... Squeeze and Precise do not even have a condor package... I would close the bug as non-existing, but awaiting your reply first. Regards Evgeni -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#684463: condor fails to install if condor user already exists
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 05:41:21PM +0200, Evgeni Golov wrote: Hi, On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 10:30:36AM +0200, Tiziano Zito wrote: Package: condor Version: 7.8.1~dfsg.1-1~nd12.04+1 Where does this version come from? Debian has 7.8.1~dfsg.1-2 in Wheezy and Sid. It seems to come from http://neuro.debian.net and to be a backport of 7.8.1~dfsg.1-1. It has the very same postinst script as the Debian version and it should really not fail. Unless the user is not a system user. Is your condor user a regular LDAP user? -- Bruce Schneier can read and understand Perl programs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#684463: condor fails to install if condor user already exists
Package: condor Version: 7.8.1~dfsg.1-1~nd12.04+1 Where does this version come from? Debian has 7.8.1~dfsg.1-2 in Wheezy and Sid. It seems to come from http://neuro.debian.net and to be a backport of 7.8.1~dfsg.1-1. Sorry for not mentioning it, I quickly checked on two different machines, but both were using the neuro.debian repos... It has the very same postinst script as the Debian version and it should really not fail. Unless the user is not a system user. Is your condor user a regular LDAP user? Yes, it has UID 1000 as suggested by pam_ldap. Why should the condor user be a system user? for one, it requires a valid email address if you want email sent by condor not being tagged as SPAM by overzealous SPAM filters. And if you use LDAP for authentication you typically use it for email too, so the condor user naturally fits as a non-system LDAP user. Couldn't this check be lifted altogether, or at least give the possibility to set UID and GID of the condor user on installation? Thank you for your quick reply! Tiziano -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#684463: condor fails to install if condor user already exists
Hi, On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 08:07:28PM +0200, Tiziano Zito wrote: Package: condor Version: 7.8.1~dfsg.1-1~nd12.04+1 Where does this version come from? Debian has 7.8.1~dfsg.1-2 in Wheezy and Sid. It seems to come from http://neuro.debian.net and to be a backport of 7.8.1~dfsg.1-1. Sorry for not mentioning it, I quickly checked on two different machines, but both were using the neuro.debian repos... About which you theoreticaly should not fill bugs into the Debian BTS, as these aren't Debian packages. But given these are rebuilds only, lets see what we can do for you :) [ condor maintainer might disagree here ] It has the very same postinst script as the Debian version and it should really not fail. Unless the user is not a system user. Is your condor user a regular LDAP user? Yes, it has UID 1000 as suggested by pam_ldap. Why should the condor user be a system user? for one, it requires a valid email address if you want email sent by condor not being tagged as SPAM by overzealous SPAM filters. And if you use LDAP for authentication you typically use it for email too, so the condor user naturally fits as a non-system LDAP user. Couldn't this check be lifted altogether, or at least give the possibility to set UID and GID of the condor user on installation? Well, users created for packages should be created as system users. No idea how the fact of being a system user might play into your spam issue. I have little clue about LDAP and no clue about condor (just stumbled over the bug while RC-bughunting), but I would say you should not have a condor user in your LDAP and let it be a lonely local user created by adduser. If you want condor@host to work, add an alias or something. However, these are my two cheap cents, maintainers might disagree here. -- Bruce Schneier can read and understand Perl programs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
