For better or for worse, starting daemons at package install time is Debian tradition. (I thought it was Debian policy but I couldn't actually find any references there.)
It'd be best to report this bug to Debian; I think that has more chance of traction. Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1502687 Title: Security flaw: The package configures pure-ftpd to start automatically without informing the user/admin. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pure-ftpd/+bug/1502687/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
