Bug#318264: gdm package fails to install when /etc/shadow is not present

Thomas E. Vaughan "Thomas E. Vaughan" <tevaughan@boson.homelinux.net>, 318264@bugs.debian.org
Thu Jul 14 12:05:15 UTC 2005


Package: gdm
Version: 2.6.0.8-1
Severity: normal


I am not using shadow passwords, and when I try to install
the latest gdm, the 'chage' command gives an error that
aborts the gdm installation.  I think that gdm should
install regardless of whether shadow passwords are in use.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.2
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser                  3.64            Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf                  1.4.52          Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                     1.13.10         Package maintenance system for Deb
hi  gksu                     1.3.0-1         graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-session            2.10.0-5        The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal [x-termin 2.10.0-2        The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii  libart-2.0-2             2.3.17-1        Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.10.1-2        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1                 2.4.21-1.0.1    Extended attribute shared library
ii  libbonobo2-0             2.10.0-1        Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0           2.10.0-1        The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                    2.3.2.ds1-22    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgconf2-4              2.10.1-1        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0              1:2.5.1-2       library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.6.5-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0              2.10.1-1        The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0        2.10.2-2        A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0             2.10.1-1        The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0           2.10.1-5        The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.6.8-1         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-2  Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                1:2.12.2-2      libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpam-modules           0.76-23         Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime           0.76-23         Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                 0.76-23         Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.8.1-1         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                 1.7-5           lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-2               2.9.5-4         SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1              1.24-1          SELinux shared libraries
ii  libsm6                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-2  X Window System Session Management
ii  libwrap0                 7.6.dbs-8       Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6                 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2  X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2  X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxi6                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-2  X Window System Input extension li
ii  libxml2                  2.6.19-1        GNOME XML library
ii  metacity [x-window-manag 1:2.10.2-1      A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  mrxvt-mini [x-terminal-e 0.4.1-3         lightweight multi-tabbed X termina
ii  twm [x-window-manager]   6.8.2.dfsg.1-2  Tab window manager
hi  xbase-clients            4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 miscellaneous X clients
ii  xlibs                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-2  X Window System client libraries m
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulat 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2  X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.2-8       compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii  dialog                    1.0-20050306-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  whiptail                  0.51.6-27      Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  zenity                    2.10.0-2       Display graphical dialog boxes fro

-- debconf information:
  gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm






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