package openssh-server 1:7.3p1-1ubuntu0.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Christopher Lovell]

Setting up openssh-server (1:7.3p1-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Job for ssh.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status ssh.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript ssh, action "restart" failed.
● ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2017-05-12 12:05:21 BST; 7ms ago
  Process: 21819 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sshd -D $SSHD_OPTS (code=exited, status=255)
 Main PID: 21819 (code=exited, status=255)

May 12 12:05:21 chris-XPS-13-9343 systemd[1]: Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell ....
May 12 12:05:21 chris-XPS-13-9343 sshd[21819]: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 92:...n
May 12 12:05:21 chris-XPS-13-9343 systemd[1]: ssh.service: Main process exit...a
May 12 12:05:21 chris-XPS-13-9343 systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenBSD Secure....
May 12 12:05:21 chris-XPS-13-9343 systemd[1]: ssh.service: Unit entered fail....
May 12 12:05:21 chris-XPS-13-9343 systemd[1]: ssh.service: Failed with resul....
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dpkg: error processing package openssh-server (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: openssh-server 1:7.3p1-1ubuntu0.1
Uname: Linux 4.7.6-040706-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 12 11:25:50 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-16 (665 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.3.5
SSHDConfig: Error: command ['/usr/sbin/sshd', '-T'] failed with exit code 255: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 92: bad port number in PermitOpen
SourcePackage: openssh
Title: package openssh-server 1:7.3p1-1ubuntu0.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-01-24 (107 days ago)

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

From the log:
SSHDConfig: Error: command ['/usr/sbin/sshd', '-T'] failed with exit code 255: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 92: bad port number in PermitOpen

On upgrades services need to be restarted and the config for sshd seems to have a problem in its config. Please see [1] for that config.

[1]: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/zesty/man5/sshd_config.5.html

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Since it seems likely to me that this is a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.

If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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