On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 02:04:09PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > When during a new installation using Debian Installer the base system > installation step (which uses debootstrap) fails and is retried, the > second installation fails with the following error: > > debootstrap: Setting up login (1:4.1.0-2) ... > debootstrap: Setting up passwd (1:4.1.0-2) ... > debootstrap: no matching password file entry in /etc/passwd > debootstrap: delete line 'libuuid:!:13957:0:99999:7:::'? > debootstrap: pwck: no changes > debootstrap: Please correct the error and rerun `/sbin/shadowconfig on' > debootstrap: dpkg: error processing passwd (--configure): > debootstrap: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > Although running debootstrap on a non-clean target is not preferred, > this does seem like an idempotency issue that should be resolved. > > Note that the failure of the initial base installation step is > completely unrelated to passwd: the initial installation of passwd (and > the rest of debootstrap) was without problems.
That seems to be passwd.postinst calling "shadowconfig on" calling pwck -q, which fails. Presumably the failure is due to a real inconsistency with system account datafiles. I note that pwck -q doesn't seem to have the intended effect (-q shouldn't prompt). Can you show the relevant content of the debootstrap regarding uuid packages? Also the output of: grep uuid /etc/{passwd,shadow,group,gshadow} . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]