tags #264570 wishlist wontfix thanks On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 03:48:30PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > According to adduser man page: > > If called with one non-option argument and the --system option, adduser > will add a system user. If an user with an uid in the system range (or > if the uid is specified, with that) does already exist, adduser will > exit silently. > > However, adduser comes up with a lot of warnings when the user already > exists, contrary to the documentation which says it should exit > silently.
Adduser issues a single warning if a user to be added does already exist. That warning can be turned off with the --quiet option. amavisd-new triggers other warnings in its postinst. Workarounds: - Create the home directory manually (or have it created with package installation by debian/dirs) and call adduser with --no-create-home. - Don't manually create the group for the user, call adduser --system --group. Frankly, I believe that adduser can be used in a way that doesn't trigger that many warnings. Thus, I am tagging this bug wontfix and am inclined to close it entirely. 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]