2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/debian/config b/debian/config
index 6d9729e62..5f98d713e 100644
--- a/debian/config
+++ b/debian/config
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ db_version 2.0
 get_config_option() {
         option="$1"
 
+        [ -f /etc/ssh/sshd_config ] || return
+
         # TODO: actually only one '=' allowed after option
         perl -ne 'print if s/^[[:space:]]*'"$option"'[[:space:]=]+//i' \
            /etc/ssh/sshd_config
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index efd04c3d0..294177193 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ check_idea_key() {
 get_config_option() {
         option="$1"
 
+        [ -f /etc/ssh/sshd_config ] || return
+
         # TODO: actually only one '=' allowed after option
         perl -ne 'print if s/^[[:space:]]*'"$option"'[[:space:]=]+//i' \
            /etc/ssh/sshd_config