[Bug 505297] Re: package clamav-base 0.95.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.09.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

Thanks for your report.

>From the log:
Setting up clamav-base (0.95.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.09.04) ...
id: clamav: No such user
chown: invalid user: `clamav:clamav'
chown: invalid user: `clamav:clamav'
install: invalid user `clamav'

It looks like you've lost the clamav user. That's quite odd. Any idea
how your clamav user got deleted? Did you install clamav from source,
ppa, other distrib, ... ?

To workaround this situation, open a terminal and run :
sudo adduser --system --no-create-home --disabled-password --disabled-login --shell /bin/false --group --home /var/lib/clamav clamav

And then:
sudo apt-get -f install

Please let us know if this helps. Thanks.

** Changed in: clamav (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Summary changed:

- package clamav-base 0.95.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.09.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
+ package clamav-base 0.95.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.09.04 failed to install/upgrade: id: clamav: No such user

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package clamav-base 0.95.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.09.04 failed to install/upgrade: id: clamav: No such user
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