[Bug 1563027] [NEW] vsftpd 3.0.3-3ubuntu1 fails to start on installation

[Steve Langasek]

Public bug reported:

vsftpd 3.0.3-3ubuntu1 is stuck in xenial-proposed because it's failing
its autopkgtests.

The reason for the autopkgtest failure is straightforward; vsftpd is
failing to start on installation.

$ systemctl status vsftpd.service
● vsftpd.service - vsftpd FTP server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2016-03-28 19:55:47 UTC; 7min ago
 Main PID: 25705 (code=exited, status=2)

Mar 28 19:55:47 xenial-i386 systemd[1]: Starting vsftpd FTP server...
Mar 28 19:55:47 xenial-i386 systemd[1]: Started vsftpd FTP server.
Mar 28 19:55:47 xenial-i386 systemd[1]: vsftpd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Mar 28 19:55:47 xenial-i386 systemd[1]: vsftpd.service: Unit entered failed state.
Mar 28 19:55:47 xenial-i386 systemd[1]: vsftpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
$

Manually running the command from the service file fails with:

$ sudo /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd.conf 
500 OOPS: vsftpd: not configured for standalone, must be started from inetd
$

This is due to debian/patches/0013-listen.patch, which has caused the
daemon to not listen on either ipv4 or ipv6, so it fails to start at
all.

** Affects: vsftpd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Chris J Arges (arges)
         Status: New

** Changed in: vsftpd (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Chris J Arges (arges)

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Server Team, which is subscribed to vsftpd in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1563027

Title:
  vsftpd 3.0.3-3ubuntu1 fails to start on installation

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vsftpd/+bug/1563027/+subscriptions