Ubuntu
base-passwd package

asks question about "nobody" during upgrade

Bug #173672 reported by Tormod Volden
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base-passwd (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: base-passwd

I was upgrading a machine from Dapper through Edgy and Feisty to Gutsy. On upgrading to Gutsy (using the update-manager's Upgrade button), there was a question about base-passwd and the "nobody" user (I think it had changed UID). This should not be necessary, since these things had not been changed manually on the machine.

Nanley Chery (nanoman)
Changed in base-passwd:
status: New → Confirmed
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

My base-passwd Subversion repository says that 'nobody' hasn't changed in any way since 2003, so I don't believe that you can have encountered this on Ubuntu without either changing it by hand or having a script do it for you (perhaps without your knowledge). Its UID most certainly has never changed and is unlikely to ever change in the future.

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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

I'll see if I can find some logs (this was on a friend's computer).

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

I believe update-manager keeps a full terminal log in something like /var/log/update-manager/term.log, which should help. (In fact, it's probably easiest just to get me all of the update-manager logs.)

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

I'm afraid I can't do anything about this bug without logs. If you ever manage to recover them, please reopen this bug with them ...

Changed in base-passwd:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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