I store my users in an ldap database, and I'm using pam_ldap and nss_ldap, when an ebuild tries to create a user that already exists in ldap, the ebuild fails. >>> emerge (1 of 1) net-www/apache-2.0.55-r1 to / >>> extracting info * * LFS support has been removed due to incompatibilites with other packages. * You _will_ have to re-emerge any Apache modules you have installed, or * they will likely misbehave/segfault. * * * Multiple MPM support has been disabled due to problems with external * modules. If you have relied on this functionality you will need * to find another solution. The Gentoo Apache team apologizes for * any inconvienence this may cause you. * >>> extracting apache-2.0.55-r1 >>> Merging net-www/apache-2.0.55-r1 to / * Adding group 'apache' to your system ... * - Groupid: 81 groupadd: name apache is not unique !!! FAILED preinst: 1 enew(user|group) should first check if user exists besides the /etc/group and /etc/passwd if this is the place where it checks. As an example in my system: # cat /etc/passwd | grep apache (ouputs nothing) # cat /etc/group | grep apache (ouputs nothing) # getent passwd | grep apache apache:x:81:81:added by portage for apache:/var/www:/usr/sbin/nologin # getent group | grep apache apache:x:81:
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 53269 ***
