1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/debian/openssh-server.config b/debian/openssh-server.config
index dbde2cbb0..67a074ec2 100644
--- a/debian/openssh-server.config
+++ b/debian/openssh-server.config
@@ -16,8 +16,19 @@ get_config_option() {
            /etc/ssh/sshd_config 2>/dev/null
 }
 
+permit_root_login="$(get_config_option PermitRootLogin)"
+if [ -f /etc/ssh/sshd_config ]; then
+        # Make sure the debconf database is in sync with the current state
+        # of the system.
+        if [ "$permit_root_login" = yes ]; then
+                db_set openssh-server/permit-root-login false
+        else
+                db_set openssh-server/permit-root-login true
+        fi
+fi
+
 if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl 1:6.6p1-1 && \
-   [ "$(get_config_option PermitRootLogin)" = yes ]; then
+   [ "$permit_root_login" = yes ]; then
         if [ "$(getent shadow root | cut -d: -f2)" = "!" ]; then
                 db_set openssh-server/permit-root-login true
         else