Raspbian SSH Server fails after upgrade from Stretch to Buster (no SSH connection)

By Maximilian Batz | 2020-07-31

I used this excellent guide to update my Raspbian from Stretch to Buster: https://pimylifeup.com/upgrade-raspbian-stretch-to-raspbian-buster/ After rebooting my Pi, the SSH connection was gone. Logging into the Pi using the attached keyboard and monitor allowed me to debug the issue: service ssh status journalctl -u ssh -n 200 “Missing privilege separation directory /run/sshd” This directory needs…

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Creating configuration files in /etc in Debian packages

By Maximilian Batz | 2020-04-05

I am currently working on an updated picockpit-client version, which should add additional configuration files in /etc/picockpit-client for the individual modules (PiDoctor & PiControl). picockpit-client is a Raspbian package for picockpit.com, linking the Web platform with your individual Raspberry Pi. As Raspbian is based on Debian, the following information holds true for general packaging for…

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Packaging Python projects for Debian / Raspbian with dh-virtualenv

By Maximilian Batz | 2019-04-19

This article aims to explain some things to developers which don’t use Python a lot, and might struggle with some of the concepts otherwise. I highly recommend the lecture of the following article as an introduction to the concepts discussed here: https://www.dabapps.com/blog/introduction-to-pip-and-virtualenv-python/ pypi.org pypi.org is an official repository of software for the Python programming language.…

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Creating a Raspbian repository

By Maximilian Batz | 2019-04-03

If you want to host your own Raspbian repository, this article is for you. A Raspbian repository consists of a special directory structure on a webserver. The files, including the packages, are all static – therefore this repository could also simply be hosted on an Amazon S3 instance, for example. The sources.list entry in Raspbian…

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Interview with Simon Long of Raspberry Pi about the Raspberry Pi Desktop, UI design, and much more!

By Maximilian Batz | 2019-01-04

Important background information: this interview was done in early July 2018, so some applications to which Simon refers might already be released, etc. Max: This is the interview with Simon Long of the Raspberry Pi Foundation who is mainly responsible for Raspbian the desktop OS. Simon: That’s right. Max: Many applications like VeraCrypt release binaries…

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