I have tested the following scenarios and have been unable to reproduce this.
-fresh install on unstable -dist-upgrade from stable version -dist-upgrade from woody version It will be helpful to know if your adduser is functioning correctly. On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 01:21:23AM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Package: logcheck > Version: 1.2.41 > Followup-For: Bug #312393 > > > Error 1: > This was sent as an email when logcheck failed. > > Failed to get lockfile: /var/lock/logcheck/logcheck.lock > > Check temporary directory: > > declare -x HISTSIZE="1000" > declare -x HOME="/root" > declare -x HZ="100" > declare -x LANG="en_US" > declare -x LESSCLOSE="/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s" > declare -x LESSOPEN="| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s" > declare -x LOGNAME="logcheck" > declare -x > LS_COLORS="no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.wav=01;35:" > declare -x LS_OPTIONS="--color=auto -F" > declare -x MAIL="/var/mail/root" > declare -x OLDPWD > declare -x > PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin" > declare -x PWD="/root" > declare -x SHELL="/bin/bash" > declare -x SHLVL="2" > declare -x SUDO_COMMAND="/usr/sbin/logcheck" > declare -x SUDO_GID="0" > declare -x SUDO_UID="0" > declare -x SUDO_USER="root" > declare -x TERM="xterm" > declare -x USER="logcheck" > > > > Error 2: > This was what I got when it was run from cron > > rm: too few arguments > Try `rm --help' for more information. > > > Error 3: > This error was during installation > > Setting up logcheck (1.2.41) ... > useradd: unknown group logcheck > adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/lib/logcheck -g logcheck -s > /bin/false -u 118 logcheck' returned error code 6. Aborting. > Cleaning up. > Removing user `logcheck'. > userdel: user logcheck does not exist > Removing group `logcheck'. > groupdel: group logcheck does not exist > adduser: The user `logcheck' does not exist. > chown: `logcheck:logcheck': invalid user > chgrp: invalid group name `logcheck' > chown: `logcheck:logcheck': invalid user > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (300, 'unstable'), (100, > 'experimental') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-bsplash-skas3-v8.2 > Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) > > Versions of packages logcheck depends on: > ii adduser 3.67 Add and remove users and groups > ii cron 3.0pl1-91 management of regular background > p > ii debconf [debconf 1.4.58 Debian configuration management > sy > ii debianutils 2.14.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific > t > ii grep 2.5.1.ds1-5 GNU grep, egrep and fgrep > ii lockfile-progs 0.1.10 Programs for locking and > unlocking > ii logcheck-databas 1.2.41 database of system log rules for > t > ii logtail 1.2.41 Print log file lines that have > not > ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1 A simple mail user agent > ii postfix [mail-tr 2.2.4-1 A high-performance mail > transport > ii sysklogd [system 1.4.1-17 System Logging Daemon > > logcheck recommends no packages. > > -- debconf information: > logcheck/changes: > * logcheck/install-note: > > > _______________________________________________ > Logcheck-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/logcheck-devel -- [ Todd J. Troxell ,''`. Student, Debian GNU/Linux Developer, SysAdmin, Geek : :' : http://debian.org || http://rapidpacket.com/~xtat `. `' `- ] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]