package proftpd 1.3.1-6ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[george_rutkay]

The automatic updates just came up with a big red circle with a white dash, the updates refused to run.

The updater complained about a broken package which turned out to be an incomplete Java 6 install. I tried to correct it, tried to remove it, then I started getting these crash pop-ups.

I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 and it's been running just fine up until suddenly.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul 10 19:12:49 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: proftpd 1.3.1-6ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: proftpd-dfsg
Title: package proftpd 1.3.1-6ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

Here is the error:

Setting up proftpd (1.3.1-6ubuntu1) ...
Adding system user `proftpd' (UID 115) ...
Adding new user `proftpd' (UID 115) with group `nogroup' ...
Not creating home directory `/var/run/proftpd'.
Adding system user `ftp' (UID 116) ...
Adding new user `ftp' (UID 116) with group `nogroup' ...
Creating home directory `/home/ftp' ...
`/usr/share/proftpd/templates/welcome.msg' -> `/home/ftp/welcome.msg.proftpd-new'
 * Starting ftp server proftpd
 - warning: unable to determine IP address of 'Dell1'
 - error: no valid servers configured
 - Fatal: error processing configuration file '/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf'
   ...fail!
invoke-rc.d: initscript proftpd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing proftpd (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1