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Solving "invoke-rc.d: initscript ssh, action "restart" failed."
# Setting up openssh-server (1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.10) ...
# update-rc.d: warning: default stop runlevel arguments (0 1 6) do not match ssh Default-Stop values (none)
# invoke-rc.d: initscript ssh, action "restart" failed.
# dpkg: error processing package openssh-server (--configure):
# subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
# Errors were encountered while processing:
# openssh-server
# E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
rm -f /var/lib/dpkg/info/openssh-server*
rm -f /var/cache/apt/archives/openssh-server*
apt update
apt -f install
apt --yes --force-yes -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" install openssh-server
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