This one time, at band camp, Adrian Bridgett wrote: >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.
Ah, intersting case. Thanks for the info! I'll have a new version uploaded with a fix soon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
