Re: apache_1.1.3-6 preinstall script giving errors

["LeRoy D. Cressy" <ldc@netaxs.com>]

Douglas Bates wrote:

> The problem is that because the pre-install script doesn't finish
> successfully, the scripts aren't copied into /var/lib/dpkg/info.  I
> have to extract them with ar and tar.
> 
> I did so and ran the preinst script by hand as
>  /bin/sh -v preinst install
> It stopped after
> 
> wwwdata="`2>/dev/null grep '^www-data:' /etc/passwd`"
> 2>/dev/null grep '^www-data:' /etc/passwd
> arcola# echo $?
> 1
> 
> Currently there is no www-data login in /etc/passwd.
> 
> Johnie - do you have any ideas?

I looked in my /etc/passwd file and found that Debian included:

www-data:*:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh

Of course you might edit the line to concure with your system
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