delete /etc/ssh/* bymistak, how recover?

David Paleino writes:

> mond ha scritto:
>
>> To fix some weird problem of ssh, I, using debian lenny, deleted /etc/
>> ssh* by mistake. Is it possible to recover it?
>>
>> I tried $ sudo apt-get install ssh.
>
> apt-get --reinstall install ssh

This will not recreate missing conffiles (yes, this is a feature of
dpkg, not a bug ;-)). I would try

dpkg --force-confmiss -i /var/cache/apt/archives/*ssh*.deb

(assuming that the files are still there, apt-get download them
first if necessary).

Regards,
Sven

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On Oct 1, 4:10 pm, David Paleino wrote:
> Il giorno Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:38:14 -0700
> mond ha scritto:
>
> > To fix some weird problem of ssh, I, using debian lenny, deleted /etc/
> > ssh* by mistake. Is it possible to recover it?
>
> > I tried $ sudo apt-get install ssh.
>
> apt-get --reinstall install ssh
>
> ?
>
> Kindly,
> David
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thank you. Problem solved

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