-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/11/2014 12:58 PM, Vincent Bernat wrote: > ❦ 10 janvier 2014 16:38 CET, Chris J Arges > <chris.j.ar...@canonical.com> : > >> If xrdp already exists as a user the package fails to install >> with the following error message: >> >> Setting up xrdp (0.6.0-1) ... adduser: The user `xrdp' already >> exists. Exiting. dpkg: error processing xrdp (--configure): >> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit >> status 1 >> >> This patch checks if the user already exists and doesn't >> re-create the user. >> >> I'm not sure if this is the best approach, as an existing user >> might not have the correct setup to use this package. > > adduser is already checking if the user already exists. You get an > error because the user exists and is not what is expected, notably, > it is not a system user. I don't think we can accept an existing > normal user: if it is affected to a real user, this user will have > privileged access to the xrdp daemon. >
This makes sense. Please close this as you see fit. Thanks, - --chris j arges -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJS1CpmAAoJEPNFAiJniEz2bO8H+gPd4lZa1KVYOBBhoVRxhq9G /yzkC0X8S0HEfYy1zE94nRxMprpjDdenXmtcad4owd4bq8MR0vC5Lfvb62kPutPh ER23z62gtXvQk+C7kf1YHEWvUwPVr80zTKeODUauu7n4dk/LOpyLlnlf9Psa19tn p/eWpYa9W0xvJ6zr0K4Tj+/aj9lvRiZlKw4a/hUwTS4b+jKkrCWrBvJ1LMQLtrNA zcEOHvlX961Th9o60ghtGsjF0ZLW16hd71VQLHaOkVrDgbApPU8yjVmrU7pJfUOp eBNYmdK1/2mU7wBqIVR/+c7iSmwRsHYz48OEFDOCfviRTwEGaj78J8mKqyVCCLY= =v6VN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
