Re: Error configuring ssh (3.4p1-2) on Alpha

[Paul Slootman <paul@debian.org>]

On Tue 06 Aug 2002, Victor R. Cain wrote:
> >
> > Then it appears to me that there was a conflict with a config file
> > from 1.2.27 (which is stored in /etc as well); especially (IIRC) since
> > it was complaining about something with RSA. Can you rename the config
> > files of your old ssh and retry the update ?
> 
> I moved all the files in /etc/ssh to /etc/ssh-old.  The error was the same:
>    -> dpkg --configure ssh
>    Setting up ssh (3.4p1-2) ...
>    Creating SSH2 RSA keydpkg: error processing ssh (--configure):
>     subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> 
> I've also tried downloading the .deb file again, with no effect.  I've tried 
> purging all the ssh* packages, then reinstalling ssh, with the same effect.

Have you also removed all traces of the old ssh (the one you installed
yourself)?  Perhaps /usr/local/bin is earlier in your path than /usr/bin
and the wrong binaries are being used.


Paul Slootman