preinst is in bareos-common 14.2.6-3.
This file is a maintainer script. It is executed when installing (*inst) or removing (*rm) the package.
The actual contents of the file can be viewed below.
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# preinst script for bareos
#
# see: dh_installdeb(1)
set -e
# summary of how this script can be called:
#        * <new-preinst> `install'
#        * <new-preinst> `install' <old-version>
#        * <new-preinst> `upgrade' <old-version>
#        * <old-preinst> `abort-upgrade' <new-version>
# for details, see http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ or
# the debian-policy package
daemon_user=bareos
daemon_group=bareos
WORKING_DIR="/var/lib/bareos"
create_group()
{
    [ -z "$1" ] && return
    # creating group if he isn't already there.
    # use addgroup instead of groupadd,
    # because "addgroup" uses the next available number,
    # while "groupadd" uses uses GID_MIN -1 (999)
    getent group $1 > /dev/null || addgroup -q --system $1
}
create_user()
{
    [ -z "$1" ] && return
    # creating user if he isn't already there.
    # use adduser instead of useradd,
    # because "adduser" uses the next available number,
    # while "useradd" uses uses UID_MIN -1 (999)
    getent passwd $1 > /dev/null || adduser -q --system --ingroup $daemon_group --home "$WORKING_DIR" --no-create-home --gecos "$1" $1
}
case "$1" in
    install|upgrade)
      create_group $daemon_group
      create_user  $daemon_user
    ;;
    abort-upgrade)
    ;;
    *)
        echo "preinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
        exit 1
    ;;
esac
# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically
# generated by other debhelper scripts.
exit 0
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