Bug#546743: openssh-server - init script fails on EIO
Package: openssh-server
Version: 1:5.1p1-5
Severity: important
The ssh init script fails to do anything usefull of echo fails with EIO
because of the set -e. Standard output is /dev/console during the
initial startup.
/dev/console is a special device. It may generate EIO on writing if
no backend device is connected to it, aka while the console is
missconfigured or broken. Such a system will boot up normal but the sshd
will be missing, which may be needed to fix things.
Bastian
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