[Bug 1685022] Re: package openssh-server 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Colin Watson]

You appear to have manually removed /etc/ssh, so you'll have to recover
from that manually too.  Reinstall the openssh-client package as
follows:

  sudo mkdir -p /etc/ssh
  sudo dpkg --configure openssh-server
  sudo apt install -oDPkg::options::=--force-confmiss --reinstall openssh-client

I've committed a change to my Debian openssh repository to ensure that
/etc/ssh exists before trying to create sshd_config within it, which
would have helped somewhat with this.

** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (cjwatson)

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1685022

Title:
  package openssh-server 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 2

Status in openssh package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  I messed up the ssh_config file and I need the stock config files for
  ssh server.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: openssh-server 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-72.93-generic 4.4.49
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-72-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
  AptOrdering:
   openssh-server: Install
   openssh-server: Configure
   NULL: ConfigurePending
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Apr 20 14:13:40 2017
  DuplicateSignature:
   package:openssh-server:1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.1
   Setting up openssh-server (1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.1) ...
   /var/lib/dpkg/info/openssh-server.postinst: 164: /var/lib/dpkg/info/openssh-server.postinst: cannot create /etc/ssh/sshd_config: Directory nonexistent
   dpkg: error processing package openssh-server (--configure):
    subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-03 (17 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.8)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
   apt  1.2.19
  SourcePackage: openssh
  Title: package openssh-server 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1685022/+subscriptions