It seems the NIS was also adding a postfix user, and these conflicted. It seems to have been a problem between me and my network.
Sorry about that. -- Could not install postfix - postinst failed to properly create postfix user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512646 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to postfix in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs