Steve Langasek
2005-Jun-28 21:40 UTC
Bug#316089: exim4-config - fails to install if system uses no shadow
On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 01:31:39PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:> Package: exim4-config > Version: 4.51-1 > Severity: serious> exim4-config fails to install if the system have no /etc/shadow file.> | Setting up exim4-config (4.51-1) ... > | hostname: Unknown host > | hostname: Unknown host > | Adding system-user for exim (v4) > | chage: can''t open shadow password file > | groupdel: group Debian-exim does not exist > | dpkg: error processing exim4-config (--configure): > | subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1I don''t see how this would be a serious bug in exim4-config. It fails because the chage command fails, but exim4-config properly depends on the passwd package, so this tool should be usable. Is there a reason that Debian needs to support systems that don''t have /etc/shadow? -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
Marc Haber
2005-Jul-05 05:50 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Bug#316089: exim4-config - fails to install if system uses no shadow
severity #316089 important thanks On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 01:31:39PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:> Package: exim4-config > Version: 4.51-1 > Severity: serious > > exim4-config fails to install if the system have no /etc/shadow file.Please state which part of policy is violated by not supporting /etc/shadow. 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
Bastian Blank
2005-Jul-05 07:12 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Bug#316089: exim4-config - fails to install if system uses no shadow
severity 316089 serious thanks> > exim4-config fails to install if the system have no /etc/shadow file. > Please state which part of policy is violated by not supporting > /etc/shadow.9.2.1 Bastian --=20 I''m a soldier, not a diplomat. I can only tell the truth. -- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3198.9
Marc Haber
2005-Jul-05 07:34 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Bug#316089: exim4-config - fails to install if system uses no shadow
severity #316089 important tags #316089 sid sarge etch thanks On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 09:12:24AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:> > > exim4-config fails to install if the system have no /etc/shadow file. > > Please state which part of policy is violated by not supporting > > /etc/shadow. > > 9.2.1"The Debian system can be configured to use either plain or shadow passwords." This doesn''t mean that each and every package needs to work in both configuration ways. 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
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2005-Jul-05 08:48 UTC
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2005-Jul-05 14:03 UTC
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