Re: Cannot Install/Uninstall sendmail
On Mon 27 Aug 2018 at 12:38:42 (-0400), Luis Finotti wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm having trouble installing/removing sendmail in Debian Sid (well,
> aptosid -- http://www.aptosid.com -- actually).
Perhaps their forums might help.
> I tried to install and it failed: https://pastebin.com/Qu2jRqsn
>
> 'apt -f install' did not fix it, nor did 'dpkg --configure -a'.
>
> Since it was not essential (and did not install correctly), I tried to
> uninstall it, but it also fails:
[…]
> One notices in the failed install attempt (the pastebin link above):
>
> --------------------------
> adduser: Warning: The home directory `/var/lib/sendmail' does not belong to
> the user you are currently creating.
> update-inetd: warning: cannot add service, /etc/inetd.conf does not exist
> --------------------------
>
> I had:
> --------------------------
> # ls -ld /var/lib/sendmail
> drwx------ 2 smmta smmta 4096 Aug 22 15:06 /var/lib/sendmail/
> --------------------------
>
> Changing ownership to root did not allow me to uninstall it.
What's the output from this attempt?
Cheers,
David.
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