[Logcheck-devel] Bug#315071: logcheck: LogCheck won't start/work

[root]

Package: logcheck
Version: 1.2.39
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


I have installed logcheck, during the installation I see this (note I
recreate the error using dpkg-reconfigure):
 # dpkg-reconfigure logcheck
 gpasswd: unknown user adm
 adduser: `/usr/bin/gpasswd -M root,adm,daemon,logcheck adm' returned
 error code 1.  Aborting.
 Cleaning up.

And in turn each email arriving will show:
 Warning: If you are seeing this message, your log files may not have
 been checked!

 Details:
 Could not run logtail or save output

 Check temporary directory: /tmp/logcheck.SWWJMa

 declare -x HOME="/var/lib/logcheck"
 declare -x LOGNAME="logcheck"
 declare -x MAILTO="root"
 declare -x OLDPWD
 declare -x
 PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
 declare -x PWD="/var/lib/logcheck"
 declare -x SHELL="/bin/sh"
 declare -x SHLVL="2"


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.3-1-686-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages logcheck depends on:
ii  adduser          3.52                    Add and remove users and groups
ii  cron             3.0pl1-83               management of regular background p
ii  debconf [debconf 1.4.20                  Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils      2.13.1                  Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  lockfile-progs   0.1.10                  Programs for locking and unlocking
ii  logcheck-databas 1.2.39                  A database of system log rules for
ii  logtail          1.2.39                  Print log file lines that have not
ii  mailx            1:8.1.2-0.20031014cvs-1 A simple mail user agent
ii  sendmail-bin [ma 8.13.3-9                powerful, efficient, and scalable 
ii  sysklogd [system 1.4.1-14                System Logging Daemon

-- debconf information:
  logcheck/changes: 
* logcheck/install-note: