[Bug 876910] Re: When starting open ssh server without host keys in /etc/ssh/, the keys are not automatically generated.

[Jon]

** Patch added: "Added subroutine to check and create SSH Host keys if they are not present"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876910/+attachment/2555569/+files/ssh_init_fix.patch

** Description changed:

+ System Information
  1) lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 11.10
  Release:        11.10
  
+ SSH Version
  2) apt-cache policy openssh-server
  openssh-server:
-   Installed: 1:5.8p1-7ubuntu1
-   Candidate: 1:5.8p1-7ubuntu1
-   Version table:
-  *** 1:5.8p1-7ubuntu1 0
-         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
-         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+   Installed: 1:5.8p1-7ubuntu1
+   Candidate: 1:5.8p1-7ubuntu1
+   Version table:
+  *** 1:5.8p1-7ubuntu1 0
+         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
+         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
- 3) SSH should automatically create host keys when it detest there are
- host keys are not present in /etc/ssh
+ Expected Behavior:
+ 3) SSH should automatically create host keys when it detect the host keys are not present in /etc/ssh
  
+ Observed Behavior:
  4) SSH did not generate host keys
  
- 5) Created the attached patch to resolve the issue locally.  Presented
- as a solution to the problem.
+ Solution:
+ 5) Created the attached patch to resolve the issue locally.  Presented as a solution to the problem.
+ -- Check for existence of /etc/ssh/*_host_*
+ -- create host keys unless exists
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: openssh-server 1:5.8p1-7ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-server 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-server x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Oct 17 16:12:28 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: openssh
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.ssh: 2011-10-17T15:57:55.578332

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Title:
  When starting open ssh server without host keys in /etc/ssh/, the keys
  are not automatically generated.

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