Bug 43117 – error in freenet-0.5.2.1-r8.ebuild (wrong usage of usermod)

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Christoph Gysin 2004-02-27 11:06:52 UTC]

when emergeing freenet-0.5.2.1-r8, the process fails if the user freenet already exists.

!!! ERROR: net-p2p/freenet-0.5.2.1-r8 failed.
!!! Function pkg_preinst, Line 49, Exitcode 9
!!! Failed to create freenet user

in the ebuild:
pkg_preinst() {
    if ! groupmod freenet > /dev/null 2>&1; then
        groupadd freenet 2> /dev/null || \
        die "Failed to create freenet group"
    fi
    if ! usermod freenet > /dev/null 2>&1; then
        useradd -g freenet -s /bin/bash -d /var/empty \
            -c "freenet" freenet 2> /dev/null || \
            die "Failed to create freenet user"
    else
        usermod -s /bin/bash freenet
    fi
}

the check for the group groupmod works, but not for usermod.

# usermod freenet
usermod: no flags given

solution:
use another method to check if the user already exists

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2004-02-27 20:43:19 UTC]

should probably use `enewuser` and `enewgroup`

[Comment 2 Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) 2004-02-28 01:32:50 UTC]

fixed.

[Comment 3 Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) 2004-02-28 03:21:52 UTC]

*** Bug 43109 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***