Ubuntu
openssh package

unnecessary configuration question

Bug #1300127 reported by Rolf Leggewie
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
openssh (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Colin Watson

Bug Description

when upgrading openssh-server today from 1:6.5p1-6 -> 1:6.6p1-1 today in trusty I was presented with a debconf question warning me that password authentication for root will by default be disabled from now on and if I was OK with that. This makes sense for Debian bt not for Ubuntu since Ubuntu uses sudo and by default does not have a password set for the root account. I suggest to disable this question for Ubuntu.

Tags: trusty
Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in openssh (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Committed
assignee: nobody → Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Revision history for this message
Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

Thanks, Colin, for the swift reaction!

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package openssh - 1:6.6p1-2

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openssh (1:6.6p1-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * If no root password is set, then switch to "PermitRootLogin
    without-password" without asking (LP: #1300127).

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:20:46 +0100

Changed in openssh (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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