[Bug 488641] [NEW] NTP client fails to install

[Joshua Lückers]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: ntp

When installing I get the folliwing error:
sudo aptitude install ntp
[sudo] password for joshua: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
  ntp 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Setting up ntp (1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-1ubuntu5) ...
useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.
adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/ntp -g ntp -s /bin/false -u 119 ntp' returned error code 1. Exiting.
chown: invalid user: `ntp:ntp'
dpkg: error processing ntp (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ntp
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up ntp (1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-1ubuntu5) ...
useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.
adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/ntp -g ntp -s /bin/false -u 119 ntp' returned error code 1. Exiting.
chown: invalid user: `ntp:ntp'
dpkg: error processing ntp (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ntp
Reading package lists... Done             
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done

Description:	Ubuntu 9.10
Release:	9.10

ntp:
  Installed: 1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-1ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1:4.2.4p6+dfsg-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: ntp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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NTP client fails to install
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488641
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