Ubuntu
dbus package

Postinst error: chown: invalid group: `root:messagebus'

Bug #873072 reported by Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff
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dbus (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

In Ubuntu Core 11.10 daily in chroot environment with host's /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow copied in chroot I get the following error on installing dbus package:

chown: invalid group: `root:messagebus'
dpkg: error processing dbus (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

This error paralyzes any further attempts to install anything.

Tags: dpkg
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Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel) wrote :
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Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel) wrote :

The messagebus line in chroot's /etc/passwd looks like this:
messagebus:x:102:105::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in dbus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Balint Reczey (rbalint) wrote :

Maybe you need to copy /etc/group as well?

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