Comment 13 for bug 22725

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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:19:05 +0200
From: Piotr Roszatycki <email address hidden>
To: Steve Langasek <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#330471: postfix: Can't install if /etc/shadow does not exist

On Wednesday 28 of September 2005 11:15, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > (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
>
> So don't screw up your system so that /etc/shadow is missing? Doesn't
> sound like a bug to me. Why would you *want* a system without /etc/shadow?

The system without /etc/shadow is perfectly correct. Especially if it is
installed with pbuilder or debootstrap which does not create /etc/shadow.

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