Package from -proposed tested and installs correctly on Lucid, see below: === BEFORE (does not install when ftpfoo user present): root@utest-lls32:~# useradd ftpfoo root@utest-lls32:~# apt-get install vsftpd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: vsftpd 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/140kB of archives. After this operation, 471kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package vsftpd. (Reading database ... 35120 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking vsftpd (from .../vsftpd_2.2.2-3ubuntu6.1_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up vsftpd (2.2.2-3ubuntu6.1) ... vsftpd user (ftp) already exists, doing nothing. chown: invalid group: `root:ftp' dpkg: error processing vsftpd (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: vsftpd E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) root@utest-lls32:~# id ftpfoo uid=1001(ftpfoo) gid=1001(ftpfoo) groups=1001(ftpfoo) root@utest-lls32:~# id ftp id: ftp: No such user
=== AFTER: root@utest-lls32:~# useradd ftpfoo root@utest-lls32:~# apt-get install vsftpd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: vsftpd 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/140kB of archives. After this operation, 471kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package vsftpd. (Reading database ... 35120 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking vsftpd (from .../vsftpd_2.2.2-3ubuntu6.2_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up vsftpd (2.2.2-3ubuntu6.2) ... Adding user ftp to group ftp vsftpd start/running, process 2353 root@utest-lls32:~# id ftpfoo uid=1001(ftpfoo) gid=1001(ftpfoo) groups=1001(ftpfoo) root@utest-lls32:~# id ftp uid=104(ftp) gid=112(ftp) groups=112(ftp) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/677764 Title: vsftpd postinstall checks for user/group starting with ftp -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
