[Neurodebian-devel] condor fails to install if condor user already exists

[Tiziano Zito]

> severity 684463 normal

thank you!

> However, it would be much nicer if we could find a way to deal with this
> scenario without having to use debconf. Maybe we could try to check the
> validity of the requirements: there is a 'condor' user and it can't be
> used to log in. If there is a reliable way to verify this in the case
> that adduser --system fails (and the user comes from LDAP, or whatever
> other possible auth method), we could maybe issue a warning message and
> proceed without manual approval. Opinions?

What about this in condor.postinst::

SH=$(getent passwd | egrep '^condor:'| cut -d : -f 7)
if [ "$SH" = "/bin/false" -o "$SH" = "/usr/sbin/nologin" ]; then
   # condor user exists and it is a locked user 
else
   adduser --system ...
fi

getent gets is info from the nss libraries, so it is independent of
auth method.

So no need to use new dpkg questions. Could this warrant a freeze
exception?

Ciao,
Tiziano