[pkg-firebird-general] Bug#514379: firebird2.0-classic-common postinst script does not create proper user:group

[Damyan Ivanov]

tags 514379 unreproducible moreinfo
thanks

-=| Fabricio Cannini - Yahoo, Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 08:25:57PM -0200 |=-
> Package: firebird2.0-classic
> Version: 2.0.3.12981.ds1-14~bpo40+1
> 
> 
> When performing its instalation routines, the said script does not create the 
> proper user:group tuple.

Was there an error message?

> Something like this, in firebird2.0-server-common.postinst, would 
> solve the problem:
> 
> 
> --- firebird2.0-server-common.postinst.orig 2009-02-06 19:57:49.854848585 -0200
> +++ firebird2.0-server-common.postinst  2009-02-06 20:03:06.878848150 -0200
> @@ -30,8 +30,10 @@
> 
>  checkFirebirdAccount() {
> 
> +    adduser --system --quiet --group firebird
> +
>      adduser --system --quiet --shell /bin/bash --home $VAR \
> -        --group --gecos "Firebird Database Administator" firebird
> +        --group firebird --gecos "Firebird Database Administator" firebird
> }

According to adduser(1), --group alone shall be sufficient:

  Add a system user
         If called with one non-option argument and the --system 
         option,  adduser  will  add  a system  user. If a user with 
         the same name already exists in the system uid range (or, if 
         the uid is specified, if a user with that uid already 
         exists),  adduser  will  exit with a warning.

         By  default,  system  users  are placed in the nogroup group.  
         To place the new system user in an already existing group, 
         use the --gid or --ingroup options.  To  place  the new 
         system user in a new group with the same ID, use the --group 
         option.

Running the above command in a fresh chroot runs fine. Even with 
adduser from Etch. I looked at the changelog and see no changes that 
would alter that behaviour between the Etch version and now.

So, how can I reproduce that?

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