[Bug 677764] Re: package vsftpd (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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Since the release of 10.04, I've been spending a lot of time
transitioning a bunch of physical 32-bit boxes to virtual 64-bit
servers. A couple of the new boxes were built, blown away and rebuilt
for various reasons. The problem is I can't remember which box generated
this problem and if it even exists anymore.

Having said that, I have a big cheat sheet with a bunch of "aptitude
install" commands to quickly setup the majority of the programs that can
be found on all of our servers. These commands are cut-and-pasted
manually so we can fine tune each installation but it's still fast
because we're able to knock out the majority of packages quickly.

In the  /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file there is a line to set a non
privileged user for vsftpd to run under:

#nopriv_user=ftpsecure

The usual steps are load vsftpd, edit vsftpd.conf, uncomment the line
above, save the configuration file, create the user "ftpsecure", and
then restart vsftpd.

Using the "history" command on one of my boxes shows this process:

root at itdevcode:~# history | grep ftp
   60  aptitude install vsftpd build-essential
   61  vi /etc/vsftpd.conf
   62  adduser ftpsecure --system --no-create-home --disabled-password
   63  restart vsftpd

It may be possible that I thought I had loaded vsftpd and created the
"ftpsecure" user. Then I realized the vsftpd.conf was missing and tried
to load the software. If the existence of the "ftpsecure" user caused
the load to fail, then it would explain why I've loaded a bunch of boxes
successfully and had a single one fail with an error. On this one
install I could have done a step out of order.

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package vsftpd (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/677764
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