Bug#774736: redis-server: Maintainer scripts fail if redis user already exists outside /etc/passwd

2015-12-17 Thread Andrew Schleifer
> > [1] "If a user with the same name already exists in the system uid > > range (or, if the uid is specified, if a user with that uid already > > exists), adduser will exit with a warning." > > However, it goes on to say: > > This warning can be suppressed by adding "--quiet". > > ... which

Bug#774736: redis-server: Maintainer scripts fail if redis user already exists outside /etc/passwd

2015-02-26 Thread Grégoire Bellon-Gervais
Hello, I'm under Debian Wheezy and I have added wheezy-backports to install redis-server from backports (2:2.8.17-1~bpo70+1+b1). But to have user whith same uid and gid accross my systems, I create user redis and group redis before installing redis-server package. And it fails due to error

Bug#774736: redis-server: Maintainer scripts fail if redis user already exists outside /etc/passwd

2015-01-06 Thread Brian DeFreitas
Package: redis-server Version: 2:2.8.17-1~bpo70+1+b1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, When trying to install the redis-server package from wheezy-backports, the postinst maintainer script fails because the 'redis' user already exists, from ldap in our case. It appears the adduser command is

Bug#774736: redis-server: Maintainer scripts fail if redis user already exists outside /etc/passwd

2015-01-06 Thread Chris Lamb
[1] If a user with the same name already exists in the system uid range (or, if the uid is specified, if a user with that uid already exists), adduser will exit with a warning. However, it goes on to say: This warning can be suppressed by adding --quiet. ... which is being used. so I