Here-s my uninstall and reinstall... still problems
gdeer...@ubuntults-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get --purge remove postfix Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: postfix* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 3,572kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 286145 files and directories currently installed.) Removing postfix ... Purging configuration files for postfix ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ufw ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Setting up ntp (1:4.2.4p8+dfsg-1ubuntu2) ... useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later. adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/ntp -g ntp -s /bin/false -u 118 ntp' returned error code 1. Exiting. chown: invalid user: `ntp:ntp' dpkg: error processing ntp (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: ntp E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) gdeer...@ubuntults-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install postfix Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: procmail postfix-mysql postfix-pgsql postfix-ldap postfix-pcre sasl2-bin resolvconf postfix-cdb The following NEW packages will be installed: postfix 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 1,403kB of archives. After this operation, 3,572kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main postfix 2.7.0-1 [1,403kB] Fetched 1,403kB in 9s (150kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package postfix. (Reading database ... 285971 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking postfix (from .../postfix_2.7.0-1_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Processing triggers for ufw ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up ntp (1:4.2.4p8+dfsg-1ubuntu2) ... useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later. adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/ntp -g ntp -s /bin/false -u 118 ntp' returned error code 1. Exiting. chown: invalid user: `ntp:ntp' dpkg: error processing ntp (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Setting up postfix (2.7.0-1) ... Adding group `postfix' (GID 127) ... Done. Adding system user `postfix' (UID 118) ... Adding new user `postfix' (UID 118) with group `postfix' ... useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later. adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/spool/postfix -g postfix -s /bin/false -u 118 postfix' returned error code 1. Exiting. dpkg: error processing postfix (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Errors were encountered while processing: ntp postfix E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- package ntp 1:4.2.4p8+dfsg-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/631324 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to ntp in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
