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package clamav-freshclam 0.96.5 dfsg-1ubuntu1.10.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #732645 reported by Ron Edwards
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: clamav

Error appears after every update.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: clamav-freshclam 0.96.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1.10.04.2
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: Thu Mar 10 09:03:36 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
SourcePackage: clamav
Title: package clamav-freshclam 0.96.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1.10.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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Ron Edwards (edwardsron) wrote :
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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote :

The key error in the dpkg log is
  chown: invalid group: `clamav:adm'
  dpkg: error processing clamav-freshclam (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of clamav:

It would be useful if you could provide your '/etc/clamav/clamd.conf', or anything you might have done that would make that user not exist on upgrade.

Changed in clamav (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote : Re: [Bug 732645] Re: package clamav-freshclam 0.96.5 dfsg-1ubuntu1.10.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

The error is related to the group "adm", not the clamav user. The Ubuntu
clamav packages use clamav group, so something's been modified.

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Ron Edwards (edwardsron) wrote :
  • clamd.conf Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; name="clamd.conf"; charset="UTF-8")

On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 16:07 +0000, Scott Moser wrote:
> The key error in the dpkg log is
> chown: invalid group: `clamav:adm'
> dpkg: error processing clamav-freshclam (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of clamav:
>
>
> It would be useful if you could provide your '/etc/clamav/clamd.conf', or anything you might have done that would make that user not exist on upgrade.
>
> ** Changed in: clamav (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

Chuck Short (zulcss)
Changed in clamav (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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Imre Gergely (cemc) wrote :

It seems like for example the /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log file is created by default (by .postinst script) with the 'adm' group.

root@utest-mms32:/var/lib/dpkg/info# grep adm clamav-freshclam.postinst
      echo " create 640 $User adm" >> $DEBROTFILE
      chown "$User":adm "$udlogfile"
  chown "$dbowner":adm $FRESHCLAMLOGFILE
  chown "$dbowner":adm $FRESHCLAMCONFFILE

But the 'adm' group should exist by default, it's not created by any clamav package. Possibly it was removed from that system, or something else happened outside clamav. I don't think this is a clamav bug (or maybe it is in the sense of .postinst script assuming - and not checking - there is an 'adm' group).

@Ron: please check what happened to the 'adm' group.

Changed in clamav (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for clamav (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in clamav (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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