Package: snmpd Version: 5.4.2.1~dfsg-5 Severity: important I don't use shadow passwords and snmpd consequently fails to upgrade:
Setting up snmpd (5.4.2.1~dfsg-5) ... chage: the shadow password file is not present /usr/bin/chage failed with return code 15, shadow not enabled, password aging cannot be set. Continuing. chage: the shadow password file is not present dpkg: error processing snmpd (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 20 Errors were encountered while processing: snmpd I believe other packages that have had similar problems simply ignore problems from chage, but I'm not an expert. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages snmpd depends on: ii adduser 3.111 add and remove users and groups ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libsnmp15 5.4.2.1~dfsg-5 SNMP (Simple Network Management Pr ii libwrap0 7.6.q-18 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii lsb-base 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip snmpd recommends no packages. snmpd suggests no packages. -- debconf information: snmpd/upgradefrom36: * snmpd/upgradefrom521: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org