Comment 10 for bug 22725

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:49:22 +0200
From: Piotr Roszatycki <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: postfix: Can't install if /etc/shadow does not exist

Package: postfix
Version: 2.2.4-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

(Reading database ... 11346 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking postfix (from .../postfix_2.2.4-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up postfix (2.2.4-1) ...
Adding group `postfix' (102)...
Done.
Adding system user `postfix'...
Adding new user `postfix' (100) with group `postfix'.
chage: the shadow password file is not present
adduser: `/usr/bin/chage -M 99999 postfix' returned error code 15. Aborting.
Cleaning up.
Removing user `postfix'.
dpkg: error processing postfix (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1