[plug] Looking for assistance with a recent Debian upgrade

Bill Kenworthy billk at iinet.net.au
Tue Dec 17 21:03:25 AWST 2019


Hi Joe,
     how are you trying to log in? - ssh keys or password?  If password, 
what is the value of PermitRootPassword in /etc/ssh/sshd.conf?

BillK



On 17/12/19 7:07 pm, Dean Bergin wrote:
> Hello Joe,
>
> Ok, can you post sanitised vvv(v) output from a login attempt?
>
> Also, do you have console or out of band management access? You may 
> want to check the server logs as well (if you haven't already) and 
> consider increasing verbosity there too.
>
> I'm happy to take a look at sanitised logs (preferably filtered to 
> just SSH) but no guarantees I can pinpoint the problem.
> Just hoping to spot wny clues that would hint at what the next step is 
> in troubleshooting.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> /Dean Bergin/.
>
> On Tue, 17 Dec 2019, 18:10 Joe Aquilina, <joe at chem.com.au 
> <mailto:joe at chem.com.au>> wrote:
>
>     Dean
>
>     Yes, I have tried using the IPQoS throughput option, with no success.
>
>     I have used -v(vv) when logging in, and am happy to provide
>     examples when I login, but my knowledge is not good enough to be
>     able to decipher what the extra verbosity is telling me.
>
>     Cheers.
>
>     Joe Aquilina
>
>     On 17/12/19 4:55 pm, Dean Bergin wrote:
>>     Hello Joe,
>>
>>     Have you tried SSH with the IPQoS throughout option? The
>>     following article suggested it (follow link from the post therein).
>>
>>     Also, try increasing SSH verbosity with more  v's ;-)
>>
>>     https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=239982
>>
>>     Hope that helps.
>>
>>
>>     Kind Regards,
>>
>>     /Dean Bergin/.
>>
>>     On Tue, 17 Dec 2019, 16:18 Joe Aquilina, <joe at chem.com.au
>>     <mailto:joe at chem.com.au>> wrote:
>>
>>         Ben
>>
>>         Thanks for that, and here goes:
>>
>>         We have two Debian systems here, along with a bunch of
>>         Kubuntu and Windows systems. Early last week I upgraded the
>>         second of our Debian systems from stretch to buster. A few
>>         days earlier, I had upgraded the other Debian system, also
>>         from stretch to buster. That first upgrade went fine and
>>         everything is working as expected.
>>
>>         However the second (of course the more important system) did
>>         not upgrade correctly. It is mostly ok, but I am unable to
>>         ssh in to that machine. When I try to, I get this:
>>
>>         packet_write_wait: Connection to 10.0.2.1 port 22: Broken pipe
>>
>>         Searching on the net suggested I try adding
>>         ServerAliveInterval and ServerAliveCountMax into the
>>         sshd_config file - no luck there.
>>
>>         I have tried removing (and purging) openssh again with no luck.
>>
>>         I have also tried disabling ufw in case there problem was
>>         there, no luck.
>>
>>         Stopping ssh and sshd services and installing dropbear allows
>>         me to login to the machine, and I can perform normal file
>>         operations. However, this machine collects and distributes
>>         our emails for all users on our LAN and the other machines
>>         can't access the machine. There is another (off-site) Debian
>>         machine that does an important overnight folder sync which it
>>         is currently unable to do as it can't ssh in.
>>
>>         My Linux/Debian knowledge is obviously pretty limited, and I
>>         am not sure what to try next.
>>
>>         What else can I provide that might help me solve this?
>>
>>         Sorry to be a bit longwinded and possibly not precise enough
>>         in my description of the problem. Thanks in advance for any
>>         suggestions, advice or assistance.
>>
>>         Cheers.
>>
>>         Joe Aquilina
>>
>>         On 17/12/19 3:55 pm, Benjamin wrote:
>>>         Hi Joe,
>>>
>>>         Yep, sounds good to me...
>>>         ~ B
>>>         (PLUG President)
>>>
>>>         On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 2:57 PM Joe Aquilina
>>>         <joe at chem.com.au <mailto:joe at chem.com.au>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Hello. I have just subscribed to this list with this
>>>             address after being
>>>             a long time lurker using my home email address.
>>>
>>>             I am looking for technical assistance after a not quite
>>>             successful
>>>             recent Debian upgrade (from stretch to buster). Is it
>>>             appropriate for me
>>>             to do so here? My Linux knowledge is still pretty
>>>             limited and I have not
>>>             been able to find a solution to the problem through
>>>             extensive searches
>>>             on the internet.
>>>
>>>             If that is a reasonable request, I will detail the
>>>             problem, and what I
>>>             have tried to do to fix it, in a separate email.
>>>
>>>             Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>             Joe Aquilina
>>>
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>>
>>         -- 
>>         Joe Aquilina
>>         Central Chemical Consulting Pty Ltd
>>         PO Box 2546 Malaga WA 6944 Australia
>>         1/11 Narloo St Malaga 6090 Australia
>>         Tel: +61  8 9248 2739  Fax: +61  8 9248 2749
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>>
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>
>     -- 
>     Joe Aquilina
>     Central Chemical Consulting Pty Ltd
>     PO Box 2546 Malaga WA 6944 Australia
>     1/11 Narloo St Malaga 6090 Australia
>     Tel: +61  8 9248 2739  Fax: +61  8 9248 2749
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