It seems like I can't add another Debian bug reference to this bug, but I found this one to be a very interesting read:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=982950 In a nutshell, although the "After=network-online.target" change can be considered to be a workaround here, I find it quite unlikely that the Debian maintainer (and therefore Ubuntu) will accept a patch proposing to use this statement in openssh's systemd service file. You can find a rationale by Colin in the bug I mentioned above. In a way, I think this bug is similar to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nfs-utils/+bug/1918141, and we still don't seem to have a good "silver bullet" for these cases... ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #982950 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=982950 -- 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/216847 Title: sshd will not start at boot if ListenAddress is set, because network interface is not yet up Status in portable OpenSSH: Unknown Status in openssh package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in openssh package in Debian: New Status in openssh package in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Binary package hint: openssh-server The sshd will not start at boot if the ListenAddress option in /etc/ssh/sshd_config is set to an IPv4 address other then 0.0.0.0 . I am using Ubuntu 7.10 and the version 1:4.6p1-5ubuntu0.2 of the openssh-server package. I would expect that sshd is started after boot but it will not and I found this in /var/log/auth.log: sshd[4527]: error: Bind to port 22 on 10.1.1.22 failed: Cannot assign requested address. sshd[4527]: fatal: Cannot bind any address. Once the System is started you can start/stop the sshd with the /etc/init.d/ssh script without any problems. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openssh/+bug/216847/+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
