package boinc-client 6.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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Binary package hint: boinc

Bug came up on install. Boinc crash yet I have all green on synaptic as though it went in. Boinc seems to run. No clue what that warning was for.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb 13 02:14:51 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: boinc-client 6.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
SourcePackage: boinc
Title: package boinc-client 6.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686

[Monkey (monkey-libre)]

I´ve changed the bug title. Thak You for making Ubuntu better.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

The relevant error is
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Setting up boinc-client (6.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu2) ...
Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator
chfn: PAM authentication failed
adduser: `/usr/bin/chfn -f BOINC core client boinc' returned error code 1. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing boinc-client (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Has your root account expired or did you lock it with "passwd -l root" ?

Could you please run the following commands, then reinstall the package and tell if it helps
 sudo passwd --unlock root
 sudo usermod --lock root

Thanks.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.
To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New".
Thanks again!