package dkim-filter 2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

The adduser warning is (AFAIK) harmless.

I'm open to suggestions on changes to make to get the milter to run when there
are no keys setup (I can see this being useful for a verify only
configuration).

Hey, I confirm this bug, I had acceasi experience with the installation neplacuta this dkim-filter, there is a solution to correct this error, or should expect a new version in May?

sysadmin server1 @: ~ $ sudo apt-get install filter dkim-python-policyd-spf
Reading package lists ... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information ... Done
dkim-filter is already the newest version.
python-policyd-spf is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up dkim-filter (2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2) ...
Starting DKIM Filter: dkim-filter: / etc / dkim-filter.conf: at least one selector and key required for signing mode
invoke-rc.d: initscript dkim-filter, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing dkim-filter (- configure):
  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 78
Errors were encountered while processing:
  dkim-filter
E: Sub-process / usr / bin / dpkg returned an error code (1)
sysadmin server1 @: ~ $

No need to add me too comments on a bug that's already marked Triaged.

dpkg: error processing dkim-filter (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 78

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Setting up dkim-filter (2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2) ...
Starting DKIM Filter: dkim-filter: /etc/dkim-filter.conf: at least one selector and key required for signing mode
invoke-rc.d: initscript dkim-filter, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing dkim-filter (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 78
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Yes. That's the same problem. Once you provide a key for DKIM signing, the package will start and the install will finish.

How do you provide a key for DKIM signing? is there a configuration file that needs to be changed somewhere? any help here would be appreciated.

On Wednesday 11 June 2008 08:30, Stoney Broke wrote:
> How do you provide a key for DKIM signing? is there a configuration file
> that needs to be changed somewhere? any help here would be appreciated.

See man dkim-genkey for information on key generation. The config file
is /etc/dkim-filter.

Setting up dkim-filter (2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2) ...
Starting DKIM Filter: dkim-filter: /etc/dkim-filter.conf: at least one selector and key required for signing mode
invoke-rc.d: initscript dkim-filter, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing dkim-filter (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 78
Setting up libprelude2 (0.9.16.2-2) ...

Setting up snort-common (2.7.0-14) ...

Setting up snort-common-libraries (2.7.0-14) ...

Setting up snort-rules-default (2.7.0-14) ...
Setting up snort (2.7.0-14) ...
 * Stopping Network Intrusion Detection System snort
 * No running snort instance found
 * Starting Network Intrusion Detection System snort
   ...done.

Setting up snort-doc (2.7.0-14) ...

Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dkim-filter
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up dkim-filter (2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2) ...
Starting DKIM Filter: dkim-filter: /etc/dkim-filter.conf: at least one selector and key required for signing mode
invoke-rc.d: initscript dkim-filter, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing dkim-filter (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 78

Until you create a key, you're going to get that.

Thanks for the information on how to create a key Scott, sorry about the delay in replying

Fixed in Intrepid. Ack from motu-sru for Hardy with the same fix.

This bug was fixed in the package dkim-milter - 2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu3

---------------
dkim-milter (2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Change exit code to trap for no key configured to 78 so the trap works
  * Start in verification only mode if no key configured instead of just
    exiting to initial package install can complete (LP: #228877)

 -- Scott Kitterman <email address hidden> Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:21:50 -0400

Accepted into -proposed, please test and give feedback here

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Setting up dkim-filter (2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2) ...
Starting DKIM Filter: dkim-filter: /etc/dkim-filter.conf: at least one selector and key required for signing mode
invoke-rc.d: initscript dkim-filter, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing dkim-filter (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 78
Setting up openssl-blacklist (0.3.3+0.4-0ubuntu0.8.04.1) ...
Setting up xserver-xorg-core (2:1.4.1~git20080131-1ubuntu9.2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dkim-filter
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up dkim-filter (2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2) ...
Starting DKIM Filter: dkim-filter: /etc/dkim-filter.conf: at least one selector and key required for signing mode
invoke-rc.d: initscript dkim-filter, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing dkim-filter (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 78

A package that fixes this problem has been published in the hardy-proposed repository. You can enable hardy-proposed by adding it to your sources.list, update, and then install dkim-filter. Personally, I recommend disabling it after that and not leaving it enabled.

Please go ahead and install/test the package and report back here on how it goes.

Hi Scott
Did the above, still getting same error message
Regards
Mark

2008/6/14 Scott Kitterman <email address hidden>:

> A package that fixes this problem has been published in the hardy-
> proposed repository. You can enable hardy-proposed by adding it to your
> sources.list, update, and then install dkim-filter. Personally, I
> recommend disabling it after that and not leaving it enabled.
>
> Please go ahead and install/test the package and report back here on how
> it goes.
>
> --
> package dkim-filter 2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228877
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

Would you please provide the terminal output from the attempt?

HARDY VERIFICATION

Using version 2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2 from hardy-release:
Package fails to configure as per bug description.

Using version 2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2.1 from hardy-proposed:
Package configures correctly.

I would like to install 2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2.1 from hardy-proposed as I have experienced the same bug. I don't find hardy-release or hardy-proposed nor do I find 'release' anywhere in the sources.list file except in comments. I can't tell which line(s) I need to modify to get the newer version.

On Monday 16 June 2008 16:14, linuxrrules wrote:
> I would like to install 2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2.1 from hardy-proposed as I
> have experienced the same bug. I don't find hardy-release or hardy-
> proposed nor do I find 'release' anywhere in the sources.list file
> except in comments. I can't tell which line(s) I need to modify to get
> the newer version.

You should add this to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed main

Then:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dkim-filter

That should get you the new package. Then comment that line out
of /etc/apt/sources.list (add a # to the start of the line) and the

sudo apt-get update again.

Copied to hardy-updates.

Now that the package has been copied to updates, a simple sudo apt-get update
and sudo apt-get upgrade should get you the pacakge.

I did:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dkim-filter

It worked. Thanks Scott!