Hi, * Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-29 16:43]: > Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi, > > * Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-29 16:13]: > >> Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >> > tags 330522 + pending > >> > Hi Lars, > >> > * Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-29 11:13]: > >> >> Package: fetchmail > >> >> Version: 6.2.5-18 > >> >> > >> >> The fetchmail postinst script contains the following: > >> >> > >> >> adduser --system --ingroup nogroup --home /var/run/fetchmail \ > >> >> --shell /bin/sh --disabled-password fetchmail >/dev/null 2>&1 || > >> >> true > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> If the adduser command fails, this manages to hide the fact from the > >> >> sysadmin. This is not good. > >> > > >> > Thanks fixed in svn. > >> > Regards Nico > >> > >> I hope you tested this. The adduser command gives some warnings when > >> the homedir or user already exists and I think returns an error in > >> some cases where it shouldn't. The command is for updating the user > >> info (from older fetchmails) as well as creating the user if it > >> doesn't exist and both cases should do so quietly. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/nion$ adduser --system --ingroup nogroup --home > > /var/run/fetchmail \ > > --shell /bin/sh --disabled-password fetchmail > > adduser: Warnung: Das von Ihnen angebene Homeverzeichnis existiert bereits. > > The user `fetchmail' already exists as a system user. Exiting... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/nion$ echo $? > > 0 > > Yes. But now you have 2 extra lines output that should not be there.
yes but the user should be informed that something failed. i think that was liw's intention. regards nico -- Nico Golde - JAB: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GPG: 0x73647CFF http://www.ngolde.de | http://www.muttng.org | http://grml.org $ route add default roma.it
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