Package installation fails due to hardcoded uid?
Issue
Many packages such as the libvirt package has a hardcoded uid in its preinstall script:
getent passwd qemu >/dev/null || \
useradd -r -u 107 -g qemu -G kvm -d / -s /sbin/nologin \
-c "qemu user" qemu
The useradd command fails if the system is configured to use a naming service where this uid is already in use.
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
libvirt-0.9.10-21.el6_3.4
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