On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 11:09:36 +1100 (+1100), Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > >Package: osirisd > >Version: 4.2.0-2.1 > > > >The presinst creates /var/lib/osirisd owned by osirisd as a sid effect > >of the adduser command. If the user already exists (in LDAP in our > >case) then the directory is not created and startup fails.
Oh dear - I obviously had a bad typing day! "preinst" and "side effect" :) > The directory is created by adduser, yes, and on package purge both the > directory and user are removed. You have to have removed the directory > yourself after removing the package, without also removing the user, for > this to break. Not at all - LDAP is setup, the user exists in LDAP. I then install osiris on a box (which has never had osiris on it). adduser sees the existing user and so does not create the directory. Adrian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
