The issue is the file permission being changed are not part of this package. In fact, they are already handled in the nagios3-common.postinst script.
It should be noted this is the same fix that upstream has chosen[1] to use. [1] http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-nagios/pkg- nagios3.git;a=blobdiff;f=debian/nagios3-cgi.postinst;h=6bf16f841aceeac04841067406e5f3d15f5fcbd6;hp=3dcea97c06739ef788be65e2e60bda48cff44bdf;hb=54e3dffab607f9ff9f4e08ae7e6ccd378efa9d49;hpb=45b3eb939649e8c867d155f81a09ece56b345afb -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to nagios3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/931859 Title: chown: cannot access `/etc/nagios3/resource.cfg': No such file or directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nagios3/+bug/931859/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs