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-rw-r--r--src/lib/Client/Tools/POSIX.py6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/Client/Tools/POSIX.py b/src/lib/Client/Tools/POSIX.py
index 9908f3696..1cc448782 100644
--- a/src/lib/Client/Tools/POSIX.py
+++ b/src/lib/Client/Tools/POSIX.py
@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@ class POSIX(Bcfg2.Client.Tools.Tool):
except (OSError, KeyError):
self.logger.error('User/Group resolution failed for path %s' % (entry.get('name')))
owner = 'root'
- group = 'root'
+ try:
+ grp.getgrnam('root')
+ group = 'root'
+ except KeyError:
+ group = 'system'
finfo = os.stat(entry.get('name'))
perms = oct(finfo[ST_MODE])[-4:]
if entry.get('mtime', '-1') != '-1':