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Re: dpkg-reconfigure won't ask me about XXX?



On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 05:47:46PM -0400, Paul Smith wrote:
> So, on one of my systems I have sshd running but I can't get in using
> RSA keys (I need ssh protocol version 1 support).
> 
> So I changed sshd.conf from "Protocols 2" to "Protocols 1,2", now when I
> start sshd it says "Disabling protocol version 1. Could not load host
> key".
> 
> So, I thought I would dpkg-reconfigure ssh, which I did, but got the
> same error.
> 
> Using debconf-show ssh I see this:
> 
>   ssh/protocol2_only: true
> 
> I think (from poking around) that this is keeping the reconfigure from
> creating the right host keys (or something).  I can see in the postinst
> script where they're supposed to be created.
> 
> The thing is, dpkg-reconfigure doesn't ask me about this
> "protocol2_only" parameter.  I've tried all the different options to
> dpkg-reconfigure, but it just doesn't ask me.
> 
> How can I change the settings for this configuration value, and why
> doesn't dpkg-reconfigure ask me about it?
> 
> Thanks.

Have you tried 'dpkg-reconfigure -plow ssh'?  The -plow tells deboconf
to ask questions with priority 'low' or greater.

-rob

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