[Bug 463562] Re: libvirt-bin Karmic upgrade fails when invalid users exist in /etc/group

2009-11-02 Thread Dustin Kirkland
So the attached patch would allow the package to upgrade/install. I'm attaching it here in case this is what we need. However, I think that we would just be hiding a problem under the rug. As part of libvirt's package installation procedure, it needs to create the libvirtd group, and add any

Re: [Bug 463562] Re: libvirt-bin Karmic upgrade fails when invalid users exist in /etc/group

2009-11-02 Thread iMac
Yes, In this case the users are valid via LDAP, however the upgrade was being completed when the LDAP was unavailable. It was not the libvirt group, but the admin group as you noted. Once complete I re-added the users to the admin group and authentication and authorizations via LDAP was fine

Re: [Bug 463562] Re: libvirt-bin Karmic upgrade fails when invalid users exist in /etc/group

2009-11-02 Thread iMac
LDAP backend; Specifically MDS packages running on Debian Lenny. Updated/Tweaked, but similar setup to: http://www.howtoforge.com/mandriva-directory-server-on-debian-etch Perhaps a change to how we manage sudoers (LDAP group vs local group) is called for, though there is little we can do for

[Bug 463562] Re: libvirt-bin Karmic upgrade fails when invalid users exist in /etc/group

2009-11-02 Thread Dustin Kirkland
Okay, well, I'm going to add a task against the adduser package. Perhaps the adduser package should handle this more gracefully. Colin, any opinion? ** Also affects: adduser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: adduser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low **