[Bug 1710579] Re: package snmpd 5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4 failed to install error exit status 1

[Andreas Hasenack]

Ok, got it. To reproduce the problem, before installing the snmpd
package you need to have an snmp user with an uid that does not belong
in the system user range. Something with an uid higher than 999.

For example:

root at xenial-snmpd-1710579:~# useradd -M snmp
root at xenial-snmpd-1710579:~# id snmp
uid=1001(snmp) gid=1001(snmp) groups=1001(snmp)
root at xenial-snmpd-1710579:~# apt install snmpd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
snmpd is already the newest version (5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
Setting up snmpd (5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4) ...
adduser: The user `snmp' already exists. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing package snmpd (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 snmpd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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