[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#1074789: Bug#1074789: polkitd: setup uses non-failsafe manner of checking whether user/group exists

[Lionel Élie Mamane]

On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 12:22:21PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Am 03.07.24 um 11:17 schrieb Lionel Elie Mamane:

> > Setting up polkitd (122-3) ...
> > Failed to check if group polkitd already exists: Connection refused
> > id: ‘polkitd’: no such user
> > chown: invalid user: ‘polkitd:root’
> > dpkg: error processing package polkitd (--configure):
> >   installed polkitd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

> Are you running the upgrade inside a chroot?

No.

> can you attach
> /etc/nsswitch.conf please?

I paste it below:

# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.

passwd:         files systemd
group:          files systemd
shadow:         files
gshadow:        files

hosts:          files dns
networks:       files

protocols:      db files
services:       db files
ethers:         db files
rpc:            db files

netgroup:       nis