package openssh-server 1:7.5p1-5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück

[Thomas Schweikle]

Package does not install completely, but seems to function afterwards.
Maybe it is because sshd may be restarted even if forked daemons are running serving existing connections. Does the upgrading routine take these into account while upgrading?

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: openssh-server 1:7.5p1-5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.11.0-10.15-generic 4.11.8
Uname: Linux 4.11.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Aug 1 22:34:24 2017
ErrorMessage: Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-10 (1268 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
 apt 1.5~beta1
SourcePackage: openssh
Title: package openssh-server 1:7.5p1-5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-06-12 (50 days ago)

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

From logs (translated):

See system logs and 'systemctl status ssh.service' for details.
Invoke-rc.d: initscript ssh, action "restart" failed.
Failed to get properties: The waiting time for the connection has expired
[1mdpkg: [0m Error processing package openssh-server (--configure):
 Subprocess installed post-installation script returned the error value of 1

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

Thank you for taking the time to file a bug report.

Are you able to find any logs from either the openssh-server or systemd
that show the failure?

Since there is not enough information in your report to begin triage or to
differentiate between a local configuration problem and a bug in Ubuntu, I
am marking this bug as "Incomplete". We would be grateful if you would:
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".

For local configuration issues, you can find assistance here:
http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

[Thomas Schweikle (tps)]

No I was not able to find anything except messages about deprecated entries in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and /etc/ssh/ssh_config Maybe this is the problem?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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