Debian Bug report logs - #454928
adduser: "Removing group `nogroup', since no other user is part of it."

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: adduser: "Removing group `nogroup', since no other user is part of it."

Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:10:59 +0100

Package: adduser
Version: 3.105
Severity: normal

Hi,

$ sudo deluser --remove-home xmppgw
Looking for files to backup/remove ...
Removing files ...
Removing user xmppgw' ...
Warning: Removing group nogroup', since no other user is part of it.
Done.
$     

I do not think that it is a good idea to have adduser remove "nogroup"
or any other group that is part of the default install.

Greetings
Marc

Message #10 received at 454928@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joerg Hoh <joerg@joerghoh.de>

To: Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de>, 454928@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#454928: adduser: "Removing group `nogroup', since no other user is part of it."

Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:40:28 +0100

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On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 01:10:59PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> $ sudo deluser --remove-home xmppgw
> Looking for files to backup/remove ...
> Removing files ...
> Removing user xmppgw' ...
> Warning: Removing group nogroup', since no other user is part of it.
> Done.
> $     
> 
> I do not think that it is a good idea to have adduser remove "nogroup"
> or any other group that is part of the default install.

Indeed. Can you check if this group still exists on the machine you
encountered this issue?

(deluser currently spits out this warning but does actually nothing about
that empty group ...)

Jörg

-- 
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Message #15 received at 454928@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de>

To: Joerg Hoh <joerg@joerghoh.de>, 454928@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Adduser-devel] Bug#454928: adduser: "Removing group `nogroup', since no other user is part of it."

Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:41:16 +0100

On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 07:40:28PM +0100, Joerg Hoh wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 01:10:59PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > $ sudo deluser --remove-home xmppgw
> > Looking for files to backup/remove ...
> > Removing files ...
> > Removing user xmppgw' ...
> > Warning: Removing group nogroup', since no other user is part of it.
> > Done.
> > $     
> > 
> > I do not think that it is a good idea to have adduser remove "nogroup"
> > or any other group that is part of the default install.
> 
> Indeed. Can you check if this group still exists on the machine you
> encountered this issue?

The group still exists, but I do not remember whether I recreated the
group manually.

Greetings
Marc

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Message #20 received at 454928-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org>

To: 454928-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#454928: fixed in adduser 3.106

Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:17:03 +0000

Source: adduser
Source-Version: 3.106

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
adduser, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

adduser_3.106.dsc
  to pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.106.dsc
adduser_3.106.tar.gz
  to pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.106.tar.gz
adduser_3.106_all.deb
  to pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.106_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 454928@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org> (supplier of updated adduser package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Format: 1.7
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:57:21 +0000
Source: adduser
Binary: adduser
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.106
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Adduser Developers <adduser-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org>
Description: 
 adduser    - add and remove users and groups
Closes: 145430 435778 439212 442203 447104 447868 451321 451967 452289 452290 453419 454928 468152
Changes: 
 adduser (3.106) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Joerg Hoh ]
   * adduser exits with returncode 1 if trying to add an already existing user
     as system user. Thanks to Vincent Bernat; Closes: #435778
   * deluser: warn if you want to remove the root account. Closes: #145430
   * deluser: fix backup when bzip2 is not available. Closes: #453419
   * deluser: print correct warning when you removed the last user in a group;
     thanks Marc 'Zugschlus' Haber and Peter Eisentraut
     (Closes: #454928,#451967)
 .
   [ Stephen Gran ]
   * Translation:
     be (thanks Pavel Piatruk <berserker@neolocation.com>)( closes: #447104)
     fr (thanks Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>)
     (closes: #442203)
     ru (thanks Yuri Kozlov <kozlov.y@gmail.com>)(closes: #452289, #452290)
     sk (thanks Ivan Masár <helix84@centrum.sk>)(closes: #439212)
     zh_CN (thanks LI Daobing <lidaobing@gmail.com>)(closes: #447868)
   * Clarify --in-group documentation (closes: #468152)
   * deluser: Let tar gzip/bzip backups directly (closes: #451321)
   * Update Standards Version (no changes)
   * Homepage, Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields added
   * Do nothing in binary-arch
Files: 
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 3329395cc47d3f5f147e87028736387b 262830 admin important adduser_3.106.tar.gz
 be4885c8629de328cc18cff8352d280e 183366 admin important adduser_3.106_all.deb

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