X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2Fpostinst;h=5bc965bc62434ada05d9eae64e5bc78e60aa00d8;hp=8f1028de0d976512ee45515e6a025bbea66f052b;hb=72081f829de368392d04076728f8c991178c0080;hpb=efdeb80407e5194d54fa4372efa6dc77ad31a63a

diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 8f1028de..5bc965bc 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -25,11 +25,15 @@ set -e
 
 case "$1" in
     configure)
-        if ! grep -q '^privoxy:' /etc/passwd
+        if ! adduser --quiet --system --home /etc/privoxy --no-create-home \
+		     --ingroup nogroup --disabled-password privoxy
         then
-            adduser --system --home /etc/privoxy --ingroup nogroup \
-                    --disabled-password privoxy >/dev/null
-        fi
+	    # user privoxy seems to exist
+	    # -> remove him before newly adding him.
+	    deluser --quiet privoxy
+	    adduser --quiet --system --home /etc/privoxy --no-create-home \
+		    --ingroup nogroup --disabled-password privoxy
+	fi
         chown -R privoxy.adm /var/log/privoxy
         chmod 750 /var/log/privoxy
 	chown privoxy /etc/privoxy/*.action /etc/privoxy/trust