Logcheck devel - Sep 2005 - Bug#312393: logcheck: The bug looks to be in the postinst script

Package: logcheck
Version: 1.2.41
Followup-For: Bug #312393


This is an important bug, infact it should be a grave bug.
logcheck doesn't get installed properly. The postrm scripts are designed
to add the logcheck user while having logcheck as its group too.
The logcheck group is nowhere being added as far as I see.
I believe you need to add the group before adding the user.

And all this is breaking the remaining installation process.
The files and directories are not getting chowned from the script.

HTH,
rrs
-- 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:

On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 01:12:59AM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf
wrote:
> Package: logcheck
> Version: 1.2.41
> Followup-For: Bug #312393
> 
> 
> This is an important bug, infact it should be a grave bug.
> logcheck doesn't get installed properly. The postrm scripts are
designed
> to add the logcheck user while having logcheck as its group too.
> The logcheck group is nowhere being added as far as I see.
> I believe you need to add the group before adding the user.
The group is added in the same line because of the --group option.  See
adduser(8).

There must be something else going on here.  Did you use webmin like the user
in the original report?

Cheers,
-- 
[   Todd J. Troxell                                         ,''`.
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On Wed, 07 Sep 2005, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> This is an important bug, infact it should be a grave bug.
> logcheck doesn't get installed properly. The postrm scripts are
designed
> to add the logcheck user while having logcheck as its group too.
> The logcheck group is nowhere being added as far as I see.
> I believe you need to add the group before adding the user.
please file an seperate bug,
i do not see how your experienced breakage is related  to #312393?
did you do an upgrade from woody, is it a fresh install?
if you want i can forward to a new bug.
 
> And all this is breaking the remaining installation process.
> The files and directories are not getting chowned from the script.
> 
> HTH,
> rrs
the postrm takes care of removing the logcheck user.
anyway that is not run on installation of logcheck!!
we need more info from you side,
atm i doubt your report is connected to aboves bug?

greetings

--
maks