Correct, I was just about to email the solution. I had an ssh2 file there so I renamed it, and it worked, hehe. Sorry for the panic :P
-S- On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: > 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/ >