*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1811580 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811580
Same discussion and more in bug 1811580 marking as dup to have people finding this bug all get to the same main bug. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1811580 systemd fails to start sshd at reboot -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814124 Title: sshd does not start after update on non-Ubuntu kernels where fchownat() is broken Status in openssh package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: [Triage Notes] This issue is caused on Ubuntu derivatives due to problematic symlink handling on those systems. See bug 1804847 for details, and comment 10 below for details and a workaround. Proper Ubuntu systems do not appear to be affected. [Original Description] After processing system update by: apt-get clean && apt-get autoclean && apt-get autoremove && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade && reboot ssh server stops starting at system boot. It starts after doing: mkdir /var/run/sshd chmod 0755 /var/run/sshd service ssh start It happens on fresh Ubuntu-16.04 installs on every VPS provide I have tested so far. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: openssh-server 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.6 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-042stab127.2 x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jan 31 10:18:56 2019 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) SSHDConfig: Error: command ['/usr/sbin/sshd', '-T'] failed with exit code 255: Missing privilege separation directory: /var/run/sshd SourcePackage: openssh UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1814124/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp