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pam package

package update-manager 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Bug #291334 reported by marcw on 2008-10-31

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #238755: 'Account has expired' message when adding a new user, after "passwd -l root". Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	pam (Ubuntu)	Triaged	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

This was generated during an upgrade of Hardy

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: update-manager 1:0.93.32
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

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marcw (marcw) wrote on 2008-10-31:

#1

Dependencies.txt Edit (4.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (5.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (49.7 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (9.4 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2008-10-31:

#2

Thanks for your bugreport.

Here is what is causing the error:

Setting up landscape-common (1.0.23-0ubuntu0.8.10.1) ...^M
Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator^M
chfn: PAM authentication failed^M
adduser: `/usr/bin/chfn -f Landscape Client Daemon landscape' returned error code 1. Exiting.^M
dpkg: error processing landscape-common (--configure):^M
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1^M

Changed in update-manager:
importance:	Undecided → High
status:	New → Triaged

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2008-10-31:

#3

Was this a virtual machine created with ubuntu-vm-builder?

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marcw (marcw) wrote on 2008-10-31: Re: [Bug 291334] Re: package update-manager 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

#4

Michael Vogt wrote:
> Was this a virtual machine created with ubuntu-vm-builder?
>
>
No. But it wouldn't surprise me if this bug is related to the root
cause found in bug 291337.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2008-10-31:

#5

in fact, the error shown in these two bugs appears to be identical - marking as a duplicate.

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