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archuser

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From: Northamptonshire, UK

Registered: 2006-09-10

Posts: 122

dbus - unkown user "avahi"

Since I have just recently had to reinstall the base system dbus now complains with 'Unknown username "avahi" in message bus configuration file'

I've checked and there is indeed no user called "avahi". Reinstalling avahi hasn't added it.

Do I just add a user called "avahi"? If so where do I set it's home directory and other settings?

I'm using gnome btw.

Cheers.

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detto

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Registered: 2006-01-23

Posts: 510

Re: dbus - unkown user "avahi"

Any specific application that reports this message ?
I had this when i wanted to hear radio with rhythmbox. Had to start "avahi-daemon" from /etc/rc.d/ and it worked. Then added it to DAEMONS line, hope that helps.

cheers,
deTTo

dpc

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Registered: 2005-10-16

Posts: 103

Re: dbus - unkown user "avahi"

$ sudo /etc/rc.d/dbus restart
:: Stopping D-BUS system messagebus                                                                                   [DONE]
:: Starting D-BUS system messagebus                                                                                   [BUSY]Unknown username "avahi" in message bus configuration file
                                                                                                                      [DONE]

JGC

Developer

Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: dbus - unkown user "avahi"

The postinstall script of avahi should have added a user. This fails when you already have a user and/or group at id 84.

Ambi

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From: Warsaw, Poland

Registered: 2007-11-29

Posts: 44

Re: dbus - unkown user "avahi"

That look like a bug to me. I also have the same bug after reinstalling base packages. No user with id 84 and "pacman -S avahi" doesn't help.

Added user manually and the warning disappeared.

Last edited by Ambi (2008-05-21 05:47:22)

JGC

Developer

Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: dbus - unkown user "avahi"

avahi only creates these users on post_install, not on post_upgrade. Check /var/lib/pacman/local/avahi-0.6.22-1/install for the postinstall instructions, run those by hand in case they weren't executed.

Pyntux

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 415

Re: dbus - unkown user "avahi"

I have same issue and I don`t know how to solve this? Any help please?

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DaJinx

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From: Canada

Registered: 2009-04-29

Posts: 7

Re: dbus - unkown user "avahi"

*Bump*

Getting this error on start-up as well now, how to fix?

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Knute

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From: Minot, ND

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 604

Re: dbus - unkown user "avahi"

From the previously mentioned install file by JGC:

groupadd -g 84 avahi
useradd -c "Avahi daemon" -u 84 -d / -g avahi -s /bin/false avahi

All that I did was leave out the echo commands which keep you updated.
Since by doing it manually, you would be aware anyway.

Run those commands as root, and you should be good.

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DaJinx

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From: Canada

Registered: 2009-04-29

Posts: 7

Re: dbus - unkown user "avahi"

Thanks that worked!

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mizux

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Registered: 2010-10-03

Posts: 6

Re: dbus - unkown user "avahi"

Thanks having the same problem no group avahi on my install.
using:

groupadd -g 84 avahi

solved the problem.

Strange avahi look good to me
src: https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit … ages/avahi

ewaller

Administrator

From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,453

Re: dbus - unkown user "avahi"

Glad it is working.  I am now going to close this 4 year old thread.

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