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
should work right?
Regards Nico
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