This has been fixed in Debian and Natty. Need to SRU for lucid, maverick, and probably earlier.
** Changed in: vsftpd (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/677764 Title: vsftpd postinstall checks for user/group starting with ftp -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs