Ubuntu
openssh package

package openssh-server 1:6.1p1-4 [modified: usr/sbin/sshd] failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of `./usr/sbin/sshd' before installing new version: Operation not permitted

Bug #1343649 reported by John Neil on 2014-07-17

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	openssh (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I was upgrading from raring to saucy and ran into this error.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: openssh-server 1:6.1p1-4 [modified: usr/sbin/sshd]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-35.50-generic 3.8.13.13
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 17 15:31:01 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:openssh-server:1:6.1p1-4 [modified: usr/sbin/sshd]:ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of `./usr/sbin/sshd' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of `./usr/sbin/sshd' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-24 (449 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.2)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: openssh
Title: package openssh-server 1:6.1p1-4 [modified: usr/sbin/sshd] failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of `./usr/sbin/sshd' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2014-07-17 (0 days ago)

Tags:

Revision history for this message

John Neil (jn534) wrote on 2014-07-17:

Dependencies.txt Edit (4.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
SSHDConfig.txt Edit (945 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstatetargz.gz Edit (219.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (1.7 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (12.7 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeHistorylog.gz Edit (7.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz Edit (646 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (7.7 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeScreenlog0.gz Edit (113.7 KiB, application/x-gzip)

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2014-07-17

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

Revision history for this message

Robie Basak (racb) wrote on 2014-07-29:

Thank you for your report.

This looks like a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu.

Specifically, you appear to have a modified /usr/sbin/sshd on your system.

You can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Since we use this bug tracker to track bugs in Ubuntu, rather than configuration problems, I'm marking this bug as Invalid. This helps us to focus on fixing bugs in Ubuntu.

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.

Changed in openssh (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Invalid

Report a bug

This report contains Public information

Everyone can see this information.

You are

Subscribing...

Edit bug mail

Other bug subscribers

Bug attachments

Add attachment

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.

Ubuntuopenssh package