The update to 18.04 was a long time ago, the problem occurred this
morning...

On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 at 13:01, Marc Deslauriers <
marc.deslauri...@canonical.com> wrote:

> It looks like you upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04.
> >From the log file:
>
> Unpacking openssh-server (1:7.6p1-4) over (1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.4) ...
>
> Then the upgrade asked you what to do with the modified conffile, again,
> from the log:
>
> Configuring openssh-server
> sshd_config: A new version (/tmp/filerMG8sJ) of configuration file
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config is available, but the
> version installed currently has been locally modified.
> What do you want to do about modified configuration file sshd_config?
>                                      install the package maintainer's
> version
> keep the local version currently installed
> show the differences between the versions
> show a side-by-side difference between the versions
> start a new shell to examine the situation
> <snip>
> # nano /tmp/filerMG8sJ
> <snip>
> Replacing config file /etc/ssh/sshd_config with new version
>
> At which point you edited the file and instructed the upgrade process to
> use the new package version.
>
> I'm not quite sure what you expect this bug to resolve, the package
> seems to be acting as it should.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1802090
>
> Title:
>   update overwrites sshd_config
>
> Status in openssh package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   The latest update for Bionic (18.04.1) either overwrote or modified my
>   /etc/ssh/sshd_config with the result that I could no longer access my
>   machine using ssh.
>
>   A specific
>       Port [x]
>   line was removed and replaced by:
>       #Port 22
>
>   This was the only change. It happened as part of an automated process
>   this morning  - presumably a security update.
>
>   Was this behaviour intended?!
>
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