package openerp-server 5.0.14-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1: chown: invalid user: `openerp:adm'

[uudice]

Binary package hint: openerp-server

i don't know

ERROR:
Open ERP user (openerp) already exists, doing nothing.
chown: invalid user: `openerp:adm'
dpkg: error processing openerp-server (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: openerp-server 5.0.14-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri May 20 16:57:21 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: openerp-server
Title: package openerp-server 5.0.14-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-29 (21 days ago)

[jamie campbell (3-jamie)]

This problem also exists with http://www.openerp.com/download/stable/deb/openerp-server-6.0.2-0_all.deb . In that case, the issue is that the postinst grep triggers at least one false positive.

On my system there is an openerp-web user. The postinst script is interested in an openerp user, but the checking line is "if ! getent passwd | grep -q "^${_USERNAME}"" , it needs to use "^${_USERNAME}:" instead so as not to catch users it's not trying to catch. The ":" isn't a magic character, it's the format of lines from getent (user:password:userid:etcetc)

I've attached a new postinst script which does this, which should be used to build future openerp-server deb files

[jamie campbell (3-jamie)]

correction to my post above, it's not getent format it's passwd format, see for instance http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/understanding-etcpasswd-file-format/