fresh install of asterisk in etch doesn't seem to create asterisk user

[Tzafrir Cohen]

Hi

Thanks for your report. See reply inline,

On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 12:31:53AM -0400, Brad Barnett wrote:
> 
> 
> I installed etch from CD, apt-get update and then upgraded.  After that, I
> installed asterisk-classic and about 4 other asterisk packages.
> 
> The result:
> 
> # /etc/rc2.d/S21asterisk start
> id: asterisk: No such user
> /etc/rc2.d/S21asterisk: line 49: [: =: unary operator expected
> Starting Asterisk PBX: start-stop-daemon: group `asterisk' not found
>  (Success)
> 
> Line 49 needs "" around it, that will resolve that problem.  Any idea as
> to why the user/group isn't being created?  I've removed asterisk and
> asterisk-classic, purged them and reinstalled, and still no user is
> created.
> 
> Which asterisk package creates the asterisk user/group?

What version of the package have you installed[*]? I presume that it is
1:1.2.10.dfsg-2 (the current version in Etch).

I believe that this issue should have been fixed in 1:1.2.10.dfsg-3 .
See the asterisk_fix-related stuff in the changelog
(http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.2.11.dfsg-1/changelog )

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