Package: proftpd-basic Version: 1.3.4a-4+nmu1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
* What led up to the situation? automating proftpd installation on debian 7 32bit * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? Here is an exact way to reproduce: www:~# debconf-get-selections |grep proftpd www:~# cat /tmp/proftpd.preseed # Run proftpd: proftpd-basic shared/proftpd/inetd_or_standalone select standalone www:~# /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections /tmp/proftpd.preseed www:~# debconf-get-selections |grep proftpd proftpd-basic shared/proftpd/inetd_or_standalone select standalone www:~# /usr/bin/apt-get -q -y -o DPkg::Options::=--force-confold install proftpd-basic Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following extra packages will be installed: libpcre3 proftpd-mod-vroot ucf Suggested packages: proftpd-doc proftpd-mod-ldap proftpd-mod-mysql proftpd-mod-odbc proftpd-mod-pgsql proftpd-mod-sqlite The following NEW packages will be installed: libpcre3 proftpd-basic proftpd-mod-vroot ucf 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 2,853 kB of archives. After this operation, 5,001 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libpcre3 i386 1:8.30-5 [240 kB] Get:2 http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main ucf all 3.0025+nmu3 [70.8 kB] Get:3 http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main proftpd-basic i386 1.3.4a-4+nmu1 [2,525 kB] Get:4 http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main proftpd-mod-vroot i386 0.9.2-2+b2 [17.2 kB] Fetched 2,853 kB in 0s (6,808 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package libpcre3:i386. (Reading database ... 23877 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libpcre3:i386 (from .../libpcre3_1%3a8.30-5_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package ucf. Unpacking ucf (from .../ucf_3.0025+nmu3_all.deb) ... Moving old data out of the way Selecting previously unselected package proftpd-basic. Unpacking proftpd-basic (from .../proftpd-basic_1.3.4a-4+nmu1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package proftpd-mod-vroot. Unpacking proftpd-mod-vroot (from .../proftpd-mod-vroot_0.9.2-2+b2_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up libpcre3:i386 (1:8.30-5) ... Setting up ucf (3.0025+nmu3) ... Setting up proftpd-basic (1.3.4a-4+nmu1) ... Warning: The home dir /var/run/proftpd you specified can't be accessed: No such file or directory Adding system user `proftpd' (UID 103) ... Adding new user `proftpd' (UID 103) with group `nogroup' ... Not creating home directory `/var/run/proftpd'. Adding system user `ftp' (UID 104) ... Adding new user `ftp' (UID 104) with group `nogroup' ... Creating home directory `/srv/ftp' ... `/usr/share/proftpd/templates/welcome.msg' -> `/srv/ftp/welcome.msg.proftpd-new' ProFTPD is started from inetd/xinetd. Setting up proftpd-mod-vroot (0.9.2-2+b2) ... www:~# debconf-get-selections |grep proftpd # Run proftpd: proftpd-basic shared/proftpd/inetd_or_standalone select from inetd www:~# cat /etc/inetd.conf |grep ftp ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/proftpd as you can see on debian7 32bit the installation doesnt seem to use debconf-set info correctly * What was the outcome of this action? as you can see on debian7 32bit the installation doesnt seem to use debconf-set info correctly * What outcome did you expect instead? to use standalone init.d install *** End of the template - remove these lines *** -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-042stab076.7 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages proftpd-basic depends on: ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 ii debconf 1.5.49 ii debianutils 4.3.2 ii libacl1 2.2.51-8 ii libc6 2.13-38 ii libcap2 1:2.22-1.2 ii libncurses5 5.9-10 ii libpam-runtime 1.1.3-7.1 ii libpam0g 1.1.3-7.1 ii libpcre3 1:8.30-5 ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.1e-2 ii libtinfo5 5.9-10 ii libwrap0 7.6.q-24 ii netbase 5.0 ii sed 4.2.1-10 ii ucf 3.0025+nmu3 ii update-inetd 4.43 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13 Versions of packages proftpd-basic recommends: ii proftpd-mod-vroot 0.9.2-2+b2 Versions of packages proftpd-basic suggests: ii openbsd-inetd [inet-superserver] 0.20091229-2 ii openssl 1.0.1e-2 pn proftpd-doc <none> pn proftpd-mod-ldap <none> pn proftpd-mod-mysql <none> pn proftpd-mod-odbc <none> pn proftpd-mod-pgsql <none> pn proftpd-mod-sqlite <none> -- debconf information: * shared/proftpd/inetd_or_standalone: from inetd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org