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Bug#1059216: Problem configuring polkitd after upgrade
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Adamo Reggiani
Dec 21, 2023, 7:10:05 AM12/21/23
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Package: polkitd Version: 122-3 During upgrading from Debian 11 Bullseye to Debian 12 Bookworm I received an error on polkitd configuration which also blocks other dependencies (network-manager, modemmanager, pkexec, colord, ...) Configurazione di polkitd (122-3)... Creating group 'polkitd' with GID 997. Creating user 'polkitd' (polkit) with UID 997 and GID 997. Failed to add existing group "tty" to temporary gshadow file: Invalid argument dpkg: errore nell'elaborare il pacchetto polkitd (--configure): Tried do uninstall polkitd, reinstall it manually, same behavior. I am using Debian GNU/Linux 12.4, kernel 6.1.0-16-amd64 Cheers, Adamo
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Simon McVittie
Dec 21, 2023, 11:00:05 AM12/21/23
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Control: reassign -1 systemd
Control: affects -1 + polkitd
On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 at 12:58:09 +0100, Adamo Reggiani wrote:
> During upgrading from Debian 11 Bullseye to Debian 12 Bookworm I received an error on polkitd configuration which also blocks other dependencies (network-manager, modemmanager, pkexec, colord, ...)
>
> Configurazione di polkitd (122-3)...
> Creating group 'polkitd' with GID 997.
> Creating user 'polkitd' (polkit) with UID 997 and GID 997.
> Failed to add existing group "tty" to temporary gshadow file: Invalid argument
> dpkg: errore nell'elaborare il pacchetto polkitd (--configure):
>
> Tried do uninstall polkitd, reinstall it manually, same behavior.
>
> I am using Debian GNU/Linux 12.4, kernel 6.1.0-16-amd64
According to codesearch.debian.net, the message starting with "Failed
to add existing group" seems to come from systemd-sysusers, so I'm
reassigning this to systemd. polkitd itself does not do anything with the
tty group, so this seems like an internal error inside systemd-sysusers?
polkitd is relatively unusual in that it uses systemd-sysusers to create
its system user in the postinst, rather than using adduser. If there is a
problem with systemd-sysusers on some systems, polkitd could work around it
if necessary by going back to having adduser as a hard dependency (although
I'd prefer to reduce the need for the Debian-specific adduser over time).
smcv
Control: affects -1 + polkitd
On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 at 12:58:09 +0100, Adamo Reggiani wrote:
> During upgrading from Debian 11 Bullseye to Debian 12 Bookworm I received an error on polkitd configuration which also blocks other dependencies (network-manager, modemmanager, pkexec, colord, ...)
>
> Configurazione di polkitd (122-3)...
> Creating group 'polkitd' with GID 997.
> Creating user 'polkitd' (polkit) with UID 997 and GID 997.
> Failed to add existing group "tty" to temporary gshadow file: Invalid argument
> dpkg: errore nell'elaborare il pacchetto polkitd (--configure):
>
> Tried do uninstall polkitd, reinstall it manually, same behavior.
>
> I am using Debian GNU/Linux 12.4, kernel 6.1.0-16-amd64
to add existing group" seems to come from systemd-sysusers, so I'm
reassigning this to systemd. polkitd itself does not do anything with the
tty group, so this seems like an internal error inside systemd-sysusers?
polkitd is relatively unusual in that it uses systemd-sysusers to create
its system user in the postinst, rather than using adduser. If there is a
problem with systemd-sysusers on some systems, polkitd could work around it
if necessary by going back to having adduser as a hard dependency (although
I'd prefer to reduce the need for the Debian-specific adduser over time).
smcv
Michael Biebl
Dec 21, 2023, 12:30:05 PM12/21/23
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Please provide the output of (running as root)
SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug systemd-sysusers polkitd.conf
Adamo Reggiani
Dec 22, 2023, 6:50:05 AM12/22/23
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Hi Michael,
thank you for you fast feedback.
polkitd is currently not installed, so this the the output of the suggested command.
SELinux enabled state cached to: disabled
Failed to open 'polkitd.conf', ignoring: No such file or directory
Unfortunately in my tentative to bypass the issue I've purged the packet by apt
I've reinstalled polkitd by installing network-manager and this is the output of the suggested command:
SELinux enabled state cached to: disabled
thank you for you fast feedback.
polkitd is currently not installed, so this the the output of the suggested command.
SELinux enabled state cached to: disabled
Failed to open 'polkitd.conf', ignoring: No such file or directory
Unfortunately in my tentative to bypass the issue I've purged the packet by apt
I've reinstalled polkitd by installing network-manager and this is the output of the suggested command:
SELinux enabled state cached to: disabled
Creating group 'polkitd' with GID 997.
Creating user 'polkitd' (polkit) with UID 997 and GID 997.
Failed to add existing group "tty" to temporary gshadow file: Invalid argument
Creating user 'polkitd' (polkit) with UID 997 and GID 997.
Failed to add existing group "tty" to temporary gshadow file: Invalid argument
Cheers,
Adamo
On 21/12/23 18:25, Michael Biebl wrote:
Please provide the output of (running as root) SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug systemd-sysusers polkitd.conf
Adamo Reggiani
Jan 5, 2024, 5:20:05 PM1/5/24
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Hi Michael,
please see the output here.
#
SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug systemd-sysusers polkitd.conf
SELinux
enabled state cached to: disabled
Creating group 'polkitd' with GID 997.
Creating user 'polkitd' (polkit) with UID 997 and GID 997.
Failed
to add existing group "tty" to temporary gshadow file: Invalid
argument
Regards,
Adamo
On 21/12/23 18:25, Michael Biebl wrote:
SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug systemd-sysusers polkitd.conf
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