Lars, Thanks. I probably copied that from someone else's package, not realizing the problems with it. Now that I'm aware of this class of error, I'll be on the lookout for it elsewhere in my packages.
On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 00:10 +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > The postinst does this: > > adduser --system --home /var/run/xpilot-ng-server --group \ > --shell /bin/sh --disabled-password xpilotng >/dev/null 2>&1 I've changed that to this in my 4.7.1+cvs package (which, if the 4.7.2 release comes out soon, I will supercede with 4.7.2 before uploading): # create xpilotng user/group if they do not exist if [ "$1" = "configure" ] && ! getent passwd | grep -q "^xpilotng:"; then echo "Adding xpilotng group and user..." adduser --quiet --system --home /var/run/xpilot-ng-server --group \ --shell /bin/sh --disabled-password xpilotng || true fi I'm working with upstream on the 4.7.2 release, which we should have ready in a few days. Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]