Debian Bug report logs - #587380
debconf-set-selections: --checkonly issues warning about password db

version graph

Package: debconf; Maintainer for debconf is Debconf Developers <[email protected]>; Source for debconf is src:debconf (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Affects: simple-cdd

Reported by: Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]>

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:27:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version debconf/1.5.24

Fixed in version debconf/1.5.78

Done: Colin Watson <[email protected]>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

🔗 View this message in rfc822 format

X-Loop: [email protected]
Subject: Bug#587380: debconf-set-selections: --checkonly issues warning about password db
Reply-To: Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Resent-From: Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]>
Resent-To: [email protected]
Resent-CC: Debconf Developers <[email protected]>
X-Loop: [email protected]
Resent-Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:27:02 +0000
Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Resent-Sender: [email protected]
X-Debian-PR-Message: report 587380
X-Debian-PR-Package: debconf
X-Debian-PR-Keywords: 
X-Debian-PR-Source: debconf
Received: via spool by [email protected] id=B.12776917951956
          (code B ref -1); Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:27:02 +0000
Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 28 Jun 2010 02:23:15 +0000
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02
	(2008-06-10) on busoni.debian.org
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.0000 Tokens: new, 18; hammy, 151; neutral, 107; spammy,
	0. spammytokens: hammytokens:0.000-+--Wall's, 0.000-+--en_US.UTF-8,
	0.000-+--en_usutf8, 0.000-+--en_us.utf-8, 0.000-+--en_USUTF8
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.9 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,FOURLA,HAS_PACKAGE,
	SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02
Received: from mail.freegeek.org ([67.51.72.37] helo=george.freegeek.org)
	by busoni.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69)
	(envelope-from <[email protected]>)
	id 1OT40B-0000Uf-0B
	for [email protected]; Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:23:15 +0000
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by george.freegeek.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6929215CD04;
	Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:23:07 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at george.fglan
Received: from george.freegeek.org ([127.0.0.1])
	by localhost (george.fglan [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)
	with ESMTP id CRClvFcL+G87; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:23:07 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from claws.fglan (unknown [192.168.3.44])
	by george.freegeek.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 21DF515CA57;
	Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:23:07 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from vagrant by claws.fglan with local (Exim 4.69)
	(envelope-from <[email protected]>)
	id 1OT402-0007o3-Uf; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:23:07 -0700
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:23:06 -0700
From: Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
X-OfflineIMAP-x18682335-52656d6f7465-494e424f582e447261667473: 1277688097-03
	32490492834-v6.0.0
X-Reportbug-Version: 3.48
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17)
Delivered-To: [email protected]

Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.24
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections

when running debconf-set-selections --checkonly as a non-root user, it issues
the following warning:

  debconf-set-selections --checkonly /usr/share/simple-cdd/profiles/default.preseed
  debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied

is it possible to check the format of a preseeding file without actually
accessing the debconf password database and issuing a warning?

that would be nice. thanks!

live well,
  vagrant

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.5
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (103, 'testing'), (102, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages debconf depends on:
ii  debconf-i18n             1.5.24          full internationalization support 
ii  perl-base                5.10.0-19lenny2 minimal Perl system

Versions of packages debconf recommends:
ii  apt-utils                0.7.20.2+lenny2 APT utility programs

Versions of packages debconf suggests:
ii  debconf-doc           1.5.24             debconf documentation
pn  debconf-utils         <none>             (no description available)
pn  libgnome2-perl        <none>             (no description available)
pn  libnet-ldap-perl      <none>             (no description available)
pn  libqt-perl            <none>             (no description available)
ii  libterm-readline-gnu- 1.17a-2+b1         Perl extension for the GNU Readlin
ii  perl                  5.10.0-19lenny2    Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  whiptail              0.52.2-11.3+lenny1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe

-- debconf information excluded

Send a report that this bug log contains spam.

Debian bug tracking system administrator <[email protected]>. Last modified: Fri May 16 00:51:57 2025; Machine Name: buxtehude

Debian Bug tracking system

Debbugs is free software and licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. The current version can be obtained from https://bugs.debian.org/debbugs-source/.

Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson, 2005-2017 Don Armstrong, and many other contributors.