[trusty] local user login broken: vsftpd: PAM audit_log_acct_message() failed: Operation not permitted

[Jakob Unterwurzacher]

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=739548

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

I specifically tested vsftpd local user login in Trusty by adding a dep8 test that automatically tests this case. You can see the test case here: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/trusty/vsftpd/trusty-updates/view/head:/debian/tests/smoke

Please could you confirm if you have specifically tested Trusty, and if so what version? You can use "apport-collect 1326167" on a system with the problem to automatically submit the required information.

If you can confirm that this issue still affects Trusty, please provide a step-by-step test case, as I believe the simple "local user login" case did work previously.

Once you have responded with this information, please change the bug status back to New. Thanks!

[Jakob Unterwurzacher (jakobunt)]

Oh, this is routine tested, nice!
It really looked like the Debian bug, but, as it turns out, it was probably caused by an outdated (or broken) vsftpd package from thefrontiergroup's PPA. Purging the package and reinstalling the official one fixed the issue. Thank you Robie!