Bug#922365: openssh-server: dpkg --configure fails

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 01:20:53PM +1100, Peter Chubb wrote:
> During a normal upgrade of ssh, I see:
> Restarting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshdstart-stop-daemon: matching only on non-root pidfile /run/sshd.pid is insecure
> invoke-rc.d: initscript ssh, action "restart" failed.
> 
> and the package remains `unconfigured' in the database.

Hi,

I started a container and installed sysvinit-core and openssh-server in
it, and I can't reproduce this bug there.  In particular, /run/sshd.pid
is owned by root.

Can you help me understand how to reproduce this?  Do you have any local
customisations that might affect this?

Thanks,

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@debian.org]