I'm really sorry about this bad experience. I have one more request. Could you please provide the output of: $ getent group admin
The fix is trivial but I'd like to know why the command returns a non-existent user. I'm turning on the privacy flag. Thanks in advance. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Vogt (mvo) ** Summary changed: - Dist upgrade from 9.10 to 10.10 LTS fails: apt post-installation failed with exit status 1 + Dist upgrade from 9.10 to 10.10 LTS fails: apt post-installation failure - getent returns a non-existent admin user -- Dist upgrade from 9.10 to 10.10 LTS fails: apt post-installation failure - getent returns a non-existent admin user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579647 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs