Sshd daemon error

It seems like in the latest 1.0.7 fenix release the sshd daemon has error on start up, never experienced this error in previous releases, dmesg returns nothing, systemctl reports sshd startup error.

please confirm its working on your side @numbqq @Frank

image name:VIM3_Ubuntu-server-focal_Linux-5.12_arm64_SD-USB_V1.0.7-210625.img

@Electr1 What errors? I checked https://dl.khadas.com/Firmware/VIM3/Ubuntu/SD_USB/VIM3_Ubuntu-server-focal_Linux-5.12_arm64_SD-USB_V1.0.7-210625.img.xz it works well on my side.

khadas@Khadas:~$ cat /etc/fenix-release 
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
BOARD=VIM3
VENDOR=Amlogic
VERSION=1.0.7
ARCH=arm64
INITRD_ARCH=arm64
INSTALL_TYPE=SD-USB
IMAGE_VERSION=V1.0.7-210625
################ GIT VERSION ################
UBOOT_GIT_VERSION=khadas-vims-v1.0.5-release
LINUX_GIT_VERSION=khadas-vims-v1.0.5-release-6-gc5aa6ab
FENIX_GIT_VERSION=v1.0.7
#############################################
khadas@Khadas:~$ 
khadas@Khadas:~$ 
khadas@Khadas:~$ systemctl status sshd
● ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-07-12 13:49:23 UTC; 1min 40s ago
       Docs: man:sshd(8)
             man:sshd_config(5)
    Process: 2597 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/sshd -t (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 2598 (sshd)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 3332)
     Memory: 2.2M
     CGroup: /system.slice/ssh.service
             └─2598 sshd: /usr/sbin/sshd -D [listener] 0 of 10-100 startups

Jul 12 13:49:23 Khadas systemd[1]: Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server...
Jul 12 13:49:23 Khadas sshd[2598]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
Jul 12 13:49:23 Khadas sshd[2598]: Server listening on :: port 22.
Jul 12 13:49:23 Khadas systemd[1]: Started OpenBSD Secure Shell server.
Jul 12 13:50:15 Khadas sshd[2673]: Connection closed by 192.168.1.230 port 40376 [preauth]
Jul 12 13:50:23 Khadas sshd[2679]: Accepted password for khadas from 192.168.1.230 port 40386 ssh2
Jul 12 13:50:23 Khadas sshd[2679]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user khadas by (uid=0)

I had this error:

@hyphop Do you ever meet this issue?

plz check ssh keys

ls -l1 /etc/ssh/ssh*_key
-rw------- 1 root root  505 May 27  2020 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
-rw------- 1 root root  399 May 27  2020 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
-rw------- 1 root root 2602 May 27  2020 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key

if it not exist !

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive openssh-server
and systemctl restart ssh

I’ll try it, currently on a different working image, need to time to flash on multiple devices and test,
I’m setting up and working with VIM3 cluster, more details soon :blush:

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