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Old 09-02-2006, 11:44 AM   #1
devinnull
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apt-get error (on ubuntu) when installing an ftp server


Hello-
I am having trouble with an unbuntu server install. Everything is up and running just fine except that I can not get ftp access.

I have tried to install both proftpd and vsftpd via "apt-get install" but get the below error message (or similar) in both cases.

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user@server:/etc$ sudo apt-get install vsftpd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
vsftpd
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/110kB of archives.
After unpacking 414kB of additional disk space will be used.
dpkg: syntax error: unknown group `postdrop' in statoverride file
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
When I try to remove proftpd as it seems to be partly installed but not working, I get the below message:

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user@server:/etc$ sudo apt-get remove proftpd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package proftpd is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
I then ran "apt-get purge" of proftpd that I understood would remove even config files but I had to rm proftpd.conf manualy.

Is the error I'm having due to other files being inplace and not removed properly? I use linux from time to time as I can but simple (newb) instructions are always welcome.

Thanks!
 
Old 09-04-2006, 02:31 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by devinnull
dpkg: syntax error: unknown group `postdrop' in statoverride file
I would think you need to add that group to /etc/group
 
  


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