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package freeradius-mysql 2.1.8 dfsg-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #823096 reported by AnuragSatish
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
freeradius (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
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Bug Description

i dont know the details of this issue but i have encountered it while installing the free radius using tasksel

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: freeradius-mysql 2.1.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-33.71-generic 2.6.32.41+drm33.18
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-33-generic i686
AptOrdering:
 freeradius-mysql: Install
 freeradius-ldap: Configure
 freeradius-mysql: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 9 11:48:17 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110211.1)
SourcePackage: freeradius
Title: package freeradius-mysql 2.1.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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AnuragSatish (aspaerospace) wrote :
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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote : Bug is not a security issue

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

security vulnerability: yes → no
visibility: private → public
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Dave Walker (davewalker) wrote :

Seems it fails to restart if it's not currently running, and not handled well. (exits non-zero if no pid file)

Setting up freeradius-mysql (2.1.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...

 * Stopping FreeRADIUS daemon freeradius  * /var/run/freeradius/freeradius.pid not found... 
[ OK ]

 * Starting FreeRADIUS daemon freeradius 
[fail]

invoke-rc.d: initscript freeradius, action "force-reload" failed.

dpkg: error processing freeradius-mysql (--configure):

 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Changed in freeradius (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in freeradius (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Harald Kleppe (haraldk-5) wrote :

Could it be that this is cause by conflict between System V and upstart?

Both of these files are installed by the freeradius deb:
/etc/init.d/freeradius
/etc/init/freeradius.conf

When I experienced this issue while installing freeradius-ldap, it seemed that the post-install script of freeradius-ldap expected to restart the freeradius daemon using Upstart, while the daemon was already running but started by System V - and upstart could not find the PID-file or whatever - hence the "Unknown instance:" message emitted by Upstart.

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Mike Bryant (mikebryant) wrote :

This also affects freeradius-postgresql

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