** Description changed: Binary package hint: vsftpd [ -d /var/run/vsftpd/emply ] || install -m 755 -o root -g root -d /var/run/vsftpd/empty Obviously "emply" is not the same as "empty". - IMPACT: very low. vsftpd needs an empty directory for chroot environment, - according to comments in vsftpd.conf: + IMPACT: very low. vsftpd needs an empty directory for chroot + environment, according to comments in vsftpd.conf: # This option should be the name of a directory which is empty. Also, the # directory should not be writable by the ftp user. This directory is used # as a secure chroot() jail at times vsftpd does not require filesystem # access. secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty - The upstart script in /etc/init/vsfptd.conf checks for this directory and - it created it with the proper permissions IF there is no such directory. - As the script in Lucid has a typo in the checking part, the condition is - never true and the directory gets created no matter what. + The upstart script in /etc/init/vsfptd.conf checks for this directory + and it created it with the proper permissions IF there is no such + directory. As the script in Lucid has a typo in the checking part, + the condition is never true and the directory gets created no matter + what. This is fixed in Maverick. Patch is attached for Lucid. TEST CASE: There is no visible problem to reproduce. See IMPACT above. - Without the patch the directory creation happens every time, with the patch - it happens ONLY if the directory does not exist. + Without the patch the directory creation happens every time, with the + patch it happens ONLY if the directory does not exist. REGRESSION POTENTIAL: low/none. NOTE: as this is not a serious bug, it should be SRU'd together with - #648202 and/or #629234 . + #648202 which also corrects a bug in init/vsftpd.conf.
** Changed in: vsftpd (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: New => Confirmed -- 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/577165 Title: Typo in etc/init/vsftpd.conf -- 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