start: Unknown job: ssh

[yawnmoth]

I do "sudo apt-get install openssh-server" and after all the keys are generated I get "start: Unknown job: ssh".

I do "service ssh start" and get the same thing.

I do "sudo apt-get --purge remove openssh-server" and try to reinstall it and get the same thing.

Any ideas?

[MartijnNL]

The ssh server process is called sshd. ssh is the client.
The server normally starts itself on reboot. You could run:

ps ax | grep sshd

to check if it's running.

Is the openssh-client package installed? (normally should be on a regular install)

[matt_symes]

Hi

Is the ssh server package installing itself correctly. What's the output of

dpkg -l openssh-server

That is a small L after dpkg.

Also what is the output of

ls /etc/init/ss*

EDIT

I do "service ssh start" and get the same thing.

That would require a sudo service ssh start comand.

Kind regards

[yawnmoth]

Output of ps ax | grep sshd

 6985 pts/0       0:00 grep --color=auto sshd

Output of dpkg -l openssh-server

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  openssh-server 1.5.9p1-7ubunt secure shell (SSH) server, for secure access

Output of ls /etc/init/ss*

/etc/init/ssh.conf

[matt_symes]

Hi

What is the output of

ls -l /etc/init/ssh.conf

cat /etc/init/ssh.conf

and

which sshd

To see you system

cat /etc/lsb-release

uname -a

Kind regards

[supercheetah]

Does /etc/init.d/ssh exist?

[yawnmoth]

ls -l /etc/init/ssh.conf

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 574 2011-04-02 10:06 /etc/init/ssh.conf

cat /etc/init/ssh.conf

# ssh - OpenBSD Secure Shell Server
#
# The OpenSSH server provides secure shell access to the system.

description    "OpenSSH server"

start on filesystem or runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn
respawn limit 10 5
umask 022

pre-start script
    test -x /usr/sbin/sshd || { stop; exit 0; }
    test -e /etc/ssh/sshd_not_to_be_run && { stop; exit 0; }
    test -c /dev/null | { stop; exit 0; }

    mkdir -p -m0755 /var/run/sshd
end script

# if you used to set SSHD_OPTS in /etc/default/ssh, you can change the
# 'exec' line here instead
exec /usr/sbin/sshd -D

which sshd

/usr/sbin/sshd

cat /etc/lsb-release

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"

uname -a

Linux ubuntu 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

ls /etc/init.d/ssh

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4194 2011-07-29 16:02 /etc/init.d/ssh

[matt_symes]

Hi

That all looks fine so far.

What's the output of

ls -l /usr/sbin/sshd

and

ls /etc/ssh/sshd_not_to_be_run

Was the ssh you installed from the main repositories for Oneiric ? Your version number looks different to mine.

Can you start the service without using upstart ? What happens if you type

sudo /etc/init.d/ssh start

You can also stop it with

sudo /etc/init.d/ssh stop

Do you get any feedback if you type

sudo initctl start ssh

Kind regards

[yawnmoth]

ls -l /usr/sbin/sshd

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 508760 2011-07-29 16:02 /usr/sbin/sshd

ls /etc/ssh/sshd_not_to_be_run

ls: cannot access /etc/ssh/sshd_not_to_be_run: No such file or directory

sudo /etc/init.d/ssh start

Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service ssh start

Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, e.g. start ssh
start: Unknown job: ssh

sudo initctl start ssh

initctl: Unkwown job: ssh

[matt_symes]

Hi

That all looks good as well.

What's the output of

initctl list | grep ssh

and

ldd /usr/sbin/sshd

Kind regards