http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1039708 Bug ID: 1039708 Summary: systemd-sysusers does not error out if creation fails Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed Version: Current Hardware: Other OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem Assignee: kukuk@suse.com Reporter: fvogt@suse.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- $SUBJECT causes issues as in cases where the user/group creation fails the issue is simply ignored. Example: (344/591) Installing: system-user-mail-20161020-5.1.noarch [.....done] Additional rpm output: Creating group mail with gid 489. Creating user mail (Mailer daemon) with uid 489 and gid 489. Failed to write files: Operation not permitted warning: user mail does not exist - using root warning: group mail does not exist - using root And the installation continues happily after that, resulting in: (502/591) Installing: postfix-3.2.0-4.1.x86_64 [..error] Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): a [91mInstallation of postfix-3.2.0-4.1.x86_64 failed: Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: usermod: group 'mail' does not exist error: %prein(postfix-3.2.0-4.1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 6 error: postfix-3.2.0-4.1.x86_64: install failed -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.