you're right, it is a dup of bug 901180.
I cannot reproduce the crash but 'sudo apt-get remove vsftpd' return like the
bug:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
vsftpd
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
After this operation, 463 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(Reading database ... 212726 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing vsftpd ...
vsftpd stop/waiting
dpkg: error processing vsftpd (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Errors were encountered while processing:
vsftpd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
$ sh -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/vsftpd.postrm remove
+ set -e
+ _USERNAME=ftp
+ _GROUPNAME=ftp
+ _DIRECTORY=/srv/ftp
+ [ -x /usr/sbin/deluser ]
+ deluser --quiet --system ftp
/usr/sbin/deluser: Only root may remove a user or group from the system.
$ sudo sh -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/vsftpd.postrm remove
+ set -e
+ _USERNAME=ftp
+ _GROUPNAME=ftp
+ _DIRECTORY=/srv/ftp
+ [ -x /usr/sbin/deluser ]
+ deluser --quiet --system ftp
** Changed in: vsftpd (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => New
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package vsftpd 2.3.2-3ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
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