Firebird install process fails if the user already exists :package firebird2.1-server-common 2.1.3.18185-0.ds1-6build1 failed to install/upgrade: sub-processo script post-installation instalado retornou estado de saída de erro 1 (failure to replace existing non-system user 'firebird' with a system one)

[José Henrique Mendonça Chagas]

Senhor Deus, salvaremos Seu Universo.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firebird2.1-server-common 2.1.3.18185-0.ds1-6build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-27.49-generic 2.6.32.26+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Dec 28 09:54:41 2010
ErrorMessage: sub-processo script post-installation instalado retornou estado de saída de erro 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
SourcePackage: firebird2.1
Title: package firebird2.1-server-common 2.1.3.18185-0.ds1-6build1 failed to install/upgrade: sub-processo script post-installation instalado retornou estado de saída de erro 1

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Popa Adrian Marius (mapopa)]

Firebird install process fails if the user already exists
adduser: O usuário `firebird' já existe. Saindo.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

This bug report was erroneously tagged as having a patch; this has been corrected.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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