try sshpass

Author: davidmalloncares

.github/workflows/test-install-matrix.yaml

@@ -118,9 +118,43 @@ jobs:
           echo ::group::info:request
             cat request.json || true; echo
           echo ::endgroup::
+      - name: Debug container setup
+        run: |
+          echo ::group::debug_container_setup
+            for container in $(docker ps --format "table {{.Names}}" | tail -n +2); do
+              echo "=== Container: $container ==="
+              
+              # Check if SSH service is actually running
+              echo "SSH service status:"
+              docker exec $container systemctl is-active ssh || docker exec $container service ssh status || echo "SSH service check failed"
+              
+              # Check SSH daemon logs
+              echo "SSH daemon logs:"
+              docker exec $container journalctl -u ssh --no-pager -n 10 || docker exec $container tail -10 /var/log/auth.log || echo "No SSH logs found"
+              
+              # Check root password is set
+              echo "Root account status:"
+              docker exec $container passwd -S root || echo "Cannot check root account"
+              
+              # Try to manually set root password
+              echo "Setting root password to 'root':"
+              docker exec $container bash -c 'echo "root:root" | chpasswd' || echo "Failed to set root password"
+              
+              # Check authorized_keys
+              echo "Authorized keys:"
+              docker exec $container cat /root/.ssh/authorized_keys 2>/dev/null || echo "No authorized_keys file"
+              
+              # Check if we can exec into container
+              echo "Test container exec:"
+              docker exec $container whoami || echo "Cannot exec into container"
+            done
+          echo ::endgroup::
       - name: Debug SSH connectivity
         run: |
           echo ::group::debug_ssh_connectivity
+            # Install sshpass for password authentication
+            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y sshpass
+            
             # Check if containers are running
             docker ps
             
@@ -130,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
               echo "SSH processes in $container:"
               docker exec $container ps aux | grep sshd || echo "No sshd processes found in $container"
               
-              # Test SSH connectivity directly
+              # Test SSH connectivity directly with password
               echo "Testing direct SSH connection to $container:"
               container_ip=$(docker inspect $container | jq -r '.[0].NetworkSettings.IPAddress')
               echo "Container IP: $container_ip"
@@ -139,10 +173,23 @@ jobs:
               ssh_port=$(docker port $container 22 | cut -d: -f2)
               echo "SSH port mapping: localhost:$ssh_port -> $container:22"
               
-              # Test SSH connection with timeout
-              timeout 10 ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 -p $ssh_port root@localhost 'echo "SSH connection successful"' || echo "SSH connection failed to $container"
+              # Test SSH connection with sshpass and root password
+              echo "Testing SSH with sshpass and root/root:"
+              timeout 10 sshpass -p "root" ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 -p $ssh_port root@localhost 'echo "SSH connection successful to '$container'"' || echo "SSH connection failed to $container"
+              
+              # Also check what's actually listening on the SSH port
+              echo "Checking what's listening on port $ssh_port:"
+              netstat -ln | grep ":$ssh_port " || echo "Nothing listening on port $ssh_port"
+              
+              # Check SSH config inside container
+              echo "SSH configuration in $container:"
+              docker exec $container cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -E "(PasswordAuthentication|PermitRootLogin|PubkeyAuthentication)" || true
+              
+              # Check if root account is set up correctly
+              echo "Root account info in $container:"
+              docker exec $container passwd -S root || true
             done
-          echo ::endgroup::
+          echo ::endgroup::            
       - name: Wait for SSH to be ready
         run: |
           echo ::group::wait_for_ssh