#1087765 fetchmail: Should not expect account entry in /etc/passwd only

Package:
fetchmail
Source:
fetchmail
Description:
SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
Submitter:
J. Pfennig
Date:
2024-11-18 13:57:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1087765#5
Date:
2024-11-18 13:44:06 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?

Using /var/lib/extrausers ... and to tool to manage account in there in
order to keep /etc/passwd as clean as possible.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

tryed to intall the fethcmail package after the account management tool
has created the account in extrausers. nsswitch is configured correctly
and 'getent passwd' returns the expected account information.

   * What was the outcome of this action?

    dpkg says:

        chsh: user 'fetchmail' does not exist in /etc/passwd

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

        ignore this or do 'getent passwd fetchmail' to see if the account
        already exists.

Thanks, J\xc3rgen