Leapp outputs this inhibitor when the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file is unmodified.

Risk Factor: high (inhibitor)
Title: Possible problems with remote login using root account
Summary: OpenSSH configuration file will get updated to RHEL9 version, no longer allowing root login with password. It is a good practice to use non-root administrative user and non-password authentications, but if you rely on the remote root login, this change can lock you out of this system.
Remediation: [hint] If you depend on remote root logins using passwords, consider setting up a different user for remote administration or adding a comment into the sshd_config next to the "PermitRootLogin yes" directive to prevent rpm replacing it during the upgrade.

https://github.com/oamg/leapp-repository/blob/c3f32c8cd95011b9fb6b4c8a9ee27736ba551ae2/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/opensshpermitrootlogincheck/actor.py#L114


The resolution for this inhibitor is to modify the sshd_config which prevents the new openssh-server package from replacing the old "unmodified" configuration file.


## The issue

If a customer does not have openssh-server installed, this inhibitor is impossible to resolve. 

The code first checks if the configuration is present. It then detects if the configuration is modified with rpm -V, but if the package is not present, this results in leapp considering the file unmodified.

~~~
# grep  def\ _read_rpm_modifications -A11 repositories/system_upgrade/common/libraries/rpms.py
def _read_rpm_modifications(config):
    """
    Ask RPM database whether the configuration file was modified.

    :param config: a config file to check
    """
    try:
        return stdlib.run(['rpm', '-Vf', config], split=True, checked=False)['stdout']
    except OSError as err:
        error = 'Failed to check the modification status of the file {}: {}'.format(config, str(err))
        stdlib.api.current_logger().error(error)
        return []
~~~


With the package removed we see that leapp reads the file and knows PermitRootLogin is false (which is a modified state) but shows at modified.

~~~
# yum remove openssh-server
# touch /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# leapp upgrade
# sqlite3 /var/lib/leapp/leapp.db "select message_data from messages_data where actor='read_openssh_config'" | jq '.'
{
"ciphers": null,
"deprecated_directives": [],
"macs": null,
"modified": false,
"permit_root_login": [],
"protocol": null,
"subsystem_sftp": null,
"use_privilege_separation": null
}
~~~

Leapp is inhibited unless the file is removed, or the openssh-server package is installed. 



## Expectations
Verify the openssh-server package is installed before performing any checks on openssh-server configuration files.



**Kyle Walker**
# diff /usr/share/leapp-repository/repositories/system_upgrade/common/actors/opensshpermitrootlogincheck/actor.py.orig /usr/share/leapp-repository/repositories/system_upgrade/common/actors/opensshpermitrootlogincheck/actor.py
5a6
> from leapp.libraries.common.rpms import has_package
7c8
< from leapp.models import OpenSshConfig, Report
---
> from leapp.models import OpenSshConfig, InstalledRedHatSignedRPM, Report
35c36
<   consumes = (OpenSshConfig, )
---
>   consumes = (OpenSshConfig, InstalledRedHatSignedRPM, )
40,55c41,59
<     openssh_messages = self.consume(OpenSshConfig)
<     config = next(openssh_messages, None)
<     if list(openssh_messages):
<       api.current_logger().warning('Unexpectedly received more than one OpenSshConfig message.')
<     if not config:
<       raise StopActorExecutionError(
<         'Could not check openssh configuration', details={'details': 'No OpenSshConfig facts found.'}
<       )
<
<     if get_source_major_version() == '7':
<       self.process7to8(config)
<     elif get_source_major_version() == '8':
<       self.process8to9(config)
<     else:
<       api.current_logger().warning('Unknown source major version: {} (expecting 7 or 8)'
<                     .format(get_source_major_version()))
---
>     has_server = has_package(InstalledRedHatSignedRPM, 'openssh-server')
>
>     if has_server:
>      openssh_messages = self.consume(OpenSshConfig)
>      config = next(openssh_messages, None)
>      if list(openssh_messages):
>        api.current_logger().warning('Unexpectedly received more than one OpenSshConfig message.')
>      if not config:
>        raise StopActorExecutionError(
>          'Could not check openssh configuration', details={'details': 'No OpenSshConfig facts found.'}
>        )
>
>      if get_source_major_version() == '7':
>        self.process7to8(config)
>      elif get_source_major_version() == '8':
>        self.process8to9(config)
>      else:
>        api.current_logger().warning('Unknown source major version: {} (expecting 7 or 8)'
>                      .format(get_source_major_version()))