On 17 April 2011 18:38, Scott Moser <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: >> Setting up openssh-server (1:5.3p1-3ubuntu6) ... >> >> Configuration file `/etc/init/ssh.conf' >> ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. >> ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. >> What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: >> Y or I : install the package maintainer's version >> N or O : keep your currently-installed version >> D : show the differences between the versions >> Z : background this process to examine the situation >> The default action is to keep your current version. >> *** ssh.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? > > It depends on what you want (to keep the old config file or accept the > new), but you can do: > > apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" > or > apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" > > To force dpkg to install one or the other. > > Probably invoke like this: > > DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get \ > --option Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold --assume-yes upgrade
Thank you! This had me stumped for hours. Now that I know it's all pretty obvious, of course. :-) -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
