package vsftpd 2.0.7-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #419487 reported by hydrid
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: vsftpd

i just tried to install vsftpd with sudo apt-get install vsftpd and after saying that it didnt install it reported this error.9.04 jaunty

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: vsftpd 2.0.7-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: vsftpd
Title: package vsftpd 2.0.7-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686

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hydrid (hydrid-ubuntu) wrote :
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Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote :

This is the relevant error:

Setting up vsftpd (2.0.7-0ubuntu1) ...

Adding system user `ftp' (UID 113) ...

Adding new user `ftp' (UID 113) with group `nogroup' ...

Not creating home directory `/home/ftp'.

debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

dpkg: error processing vsftpd (--configure):

 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Processing triggers for libc6 ..

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Andreas Olsson (andol) wrote :

This is an apt issue, described in bug #349469. I'm marking this report as a duplicate.

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