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Re: Openssh errors



On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 07:59:47AM -0400, Dr. Orange wrote:
> 
> Argh, i tried to switch to openssh, but now I can neither install or
> remove it: 
> Preparing to replace ssh 1.2.26-1.2 (using
> .../ssh_1%3a1.2.3-9_i386.deb) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/ssh.prerm: /etc/init.d/ssh: No such file or directory
> dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/prerm: /etc/init.d/ssh: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ssh_1%3a1.2.3-9_i386.deb
> (--unpack):
>  subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> You already have a host key in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.
> 
> You should read the documentation and then configure /etc/ssh/ssh_config
> and /etc/ssh/sshd_config to your sites needs and preferences.
> update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/ssh: file does not exist
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> 
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/ssh_1%3a1.2.3-9_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

strange, for some reason your /etc/init.d/ssh file got deleted before
it was supposed to.. i think you can get around this by doing the
following:

echo exit 0 > /etc/init.d/ssh
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/ssh

then try the install again.

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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