Robie, Here you go:
$ sudo apt-get remove vsftpd [sudo] password for user: (process:1135): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. (process:1135): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. (process:1135): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. QGtkStyle was unable to detect the current GTK+ theme. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: vsftpd 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 463 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 260605 files and directories currently installed.) Removing vsftpd ... dpkg: error processing vsftpd (--remove): subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Errors were encountered while processing: vsftpd E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [1626][user@:~]$ sudo sh -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/vsftpd.postrm remove + set -e + _USERNAME=ftp + _GROUPNAME=ftp + _DIRECTORY=/srv/ftp + [ -x /usr/sbin/deluser ] + deluser --quiet --system ftp [1626][user@:~]$ sudo deluser --system ftp The user `ftp' is not a system user. Exiting. [1626][user@:~]$ echo $? 1 [1627][user@:~]$ -- 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/901180 Title: cannot apt-get remove vsftp after installing it To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vsftpd/+bug/901180/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
