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
>
> should work right?
> Regards Nico
Yes. But now you have 2 extra lines output that should not be there.
MfG
Goswin
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